Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge Ectyoplasia ferox

Photo: Marion Haarsma

Classification

Raspailiidae [family]

Ectyoplasia [genus] (1)

ferox [species]

Classification

Raspailiidae [family]

Ectyoplasia [genus] (1)

ferox [species]

Names

English name	Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge
Valid name	Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Porifera [phylum] Sponges
  - Demospongiae [class]
    - Heteroscleromorpha [subclass]
      - Axinellida [order]
        
        Raspailiidae [family]
        
        Ectyoplasia Topsent, 1931 [genus]
        
        Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) [species] Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge