Ecionemia

Ecionemia is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae.[1]

Ecionemia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Ancorinidae
Genus: Ecionemia
Bowerbank, 1862
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Ecionema [lapsus]
  • Hezekia Laubenfels, 1934
  • Thalassomora Lendenfeld, 1888

This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ecionemia:[3]

  • Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862
  • Ecionemia alata (Dendy, 1924)
  • Ecionemia arabica (Lévi, 1958)
  • Ecionemia australiensis (Carter, 1883)
  • Ecionemia baculifera (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
  • Ecionemia cinerea Thiele, 1900
  • Ecionemia demera (Laubenfels, 1934)
  • Ecionemia densa Bowerbank, 1873
  • Ecionemia nigra Sollas, 1888
  • Ecionemia novaezealandiae (Dendy, 1924)
  • Ecionemia obtusum Lendenfeld, 1907
  • Ecionemia spinastra Lévi, 1958
  • Ecionemia thielei Thomas, 1986
  • Ecionemia walkeri (Laubenfels, 1954)

Bibliography
  • "Ecionemia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2007.

References
  1. "Ecionemia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
  2. Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 239 (4838): 393–395. doi:10.1126/science.239.4838.393. JSTOR 1700236. PMID 17836872.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-23.


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