Class | Order | Family | Genus species | Images | Notes | Author | Char |
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Demospongiae | Astrophorida | Ancorinidae | Asteropus niger | 5 | Massive, tough, with oscules in groups, shiny black externally and internally, surface rough. Spicules are long and very small oxeas, sanidasters and slender asters. | Hajdu & van Soest, 1992 | black,massive,tough,soft,crumbly |