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WoRMS name details
original description
(of Cinachyra voeltzkowi Lendenfeld, 1897) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1897). Spongien von Sansibar. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 21: 93-133, pls 9-10. [details]
basis of record
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Original spelling 'voeltzkowii' must be corrected to 'voeltzkowi' according to the ICZN. [details]From other sources
Description Spherical, 2-5 cm diameter. Surface is hairy, silty, and with sunken pits; stiff velvet to touch. Interior orange brown. Habitat: eulittoral rubbly flats. [details]
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tennis-ball sponge |
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