Acanthella dendyi explained

Acanthella dendyi is a marine sessile filter-feeder sponge in the family Dictyonellidae, first described by Patricia Bergquist in 1970 as Phakellia dendyi^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

In Australian waters it is found from Victorian coastal water, all the way up the east coast to Queensland and then all the way across the northern coasts to the north-west coast of Western Australia, at depths from 8–180 m.^[3]

External links

• Distribution in Australian coastal waters

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Acanthella dendyi (Bergquist, 1970) . Marinespecies.org . 25 September 2020.
2. Bergquist, P.R.. 1970. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 2 (Axinellida and Halichondrida). (Mem. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst. 51). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 197. 17.
3. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Phakellia dendyi Bergquist, 1970. 24 September 2020. biodiversity.org.au. en.