Agelas gracilis

Agelas gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Agelasida
Family:	Agelasidae
Genus:	Agelas
Species:	A. gracilis
Binomial name
	Agelas gracilis; Whitelegge, 1897

Agelas gracilis, commonly known as candy cane sponge, is a species of demosponge.[1] It lives primarily in Australian waters. It has a symbiotic relationship with the white zoanthid making red and white polyps.

References

van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Agelas gracilis Whitelegge, 1897". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-22.

External links

"Agelas gracilis". Marine Invertebrate of the Month. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. July 2010.

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[1] van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Agelas gracilis Whitelegge, 1897". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-22.