Arturia africana is a species of calcareous sponge from South Africa.[1]

Arturia africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Clathrinidae
Genus: Arturia
Species:
A. africana
Binomial name
Arturia africana
(Klautau & Valentine, 2003)
Synonyms
  • Clathrina africana Klautau & Valentine, 2003

Description

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Cormus formed of thin, irregular and loosely anastomosed tubes. No water-collecting tubes have been observed. Cells with granules have also not been observed. The skeleton has no special organisation, comprising equiangular and equiradiate triactines and tetractines. Actines are conical, slightly undulated at the distal part, and with a sharp tip. The apical actine of the tetractines is shorter, smooth, conical, straight and sharp, and is always projected into the tubes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Arturia africana (Klautau & Valentine, 2003). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 January 2019.
  2. ^ Klautau, M.; Valentine, C. (2003). "Revision of the genus Clathrina (Porifera, Calcarea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139: 1–62. doi:10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x.