Dr. Karine Marangon
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Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886)
Cinachyrella, commonly known as Ball or Golf Ball Sponge, is a large genus of marine sponges from Tetillidae family. Spherical sponges with an uneven surface with circular depressions, hence the name. Because their surface with needle-like spicules trap silt and mud and the sponge is well-disguised.Cinachyrella australiensis is yellow in colour.
Do not touch with bare hands, the sharp spicules can be embedded in the skin !
Synonymised names:
Cinachyra australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Cinachyra isis Lendenfeld, 1907 (genus transfer)
Cinachyra providentiae Dendy, 1922 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Cinachyrella isis (Lendenfeld, 1907) (junior synonym)
Craniella australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Spiretta raphidiophora Lendenfeld, 1888 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tethya armata Baer, 1906 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tethya australiensis Carter, 1886 (genus transfer)
Tethya cranium var. australiensis Carter, 1886 (genus transfer)
Tetilla australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Tetilla cinachyroides Hentschel, 1911 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tetilla lindgreni Lendenfeld, 1903 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Cinachyrella, commonly known as Ball or Golf Ball Sponge, is a large genus of marine sponges from Tetillidae family. Spherical sponges with an uneven surface with circular depressions, hence the name. Because their surface with needle-like spicules trap silt and mud and the sponge is well-disguised.Cinachyrella australiensis is yellow in colour.
Do not touch with bare hands, the sharp spicules can be embedded in the skin !
Synonymised names:
Cinachyra australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Cinachyra isis Lendenfeld, 1907 (genus transfer)
Cinachyra providentiae Dendy, 1922 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Cinachyrella isis (Lendenfeld, 1907) (junior synonym)
Craniella australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Spiretta raphidiophora Lendenfeld, 1888 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tethya armata Baer, 1906 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tethya australiensis Carter, 1886 (genus transfer)
Tethya cranium var. australiensis Carter, 1886 (genus transfer)
Tetilla australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Tetilla cinachyroides Hentschel, 1911 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Tetilla lindgreni Lendenfeld, 1903 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
