Dragmacidon lunaecharta

Dragmacidon lunaecharta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Axinellida
Family:	Axinellidae
Genus:	Dragmacidon
Species:	D. lunaecharta
Binomial name
	Dragmacidon lunaecharta; (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Synonyms
	List Axinella lunaecharta Ridley & Dendy, 1886; Pseudaxinella lunaecharta (Ridley & Dendy, 1886);

Dragmacidon lunaecharta, also known as the red ball sponge or red boring sponge, is a species of sea sponge found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It feeds on plankton. These sponges do not attach themselves to rocks or the sea floor but drift in water currents. Its main predators are seaslugs. It has been kept in home aquariums.^{[citation needed]}

Taxonomy edit

It was first described in 1886 by Stuart Oliver Ridley and Arthur Dendy as Axinella lunaecharta,^[1]^[2] but in 1887, in their final report, they transferred it to the genus, Pseudaxinella.^[1]^[3] In 1917, E.F. Hallman revised some genera in the family, Axinellidae, and transferred it to the genus, Dragmacidon.^[1]^[4]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dragmacidon lunaecharta (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
^ Ridley, S.O & Dendy, A. (1886). "Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325–351, 470–493. doi:10.1080/00222938609459982.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A (1887). "Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76". Zoology. 20 (59): i–lxviii, 1–275, pl. 1-51, 1 map.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Hallmann, E.F. (1917). "A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae; with descriptions of some Australian species. Part III". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 41 (164): 634–675, pls XXIX, figs 3, 5, 6, XXXIII, fig. 6, XXXVIII, figs 5–9. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15326.

External links edit

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[:0-1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dragmacidon lunaecharta (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-09-23.

[2] Ridley, S.O & Dendy, A. (1886). "Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325–351, 470–493. doi:10.1080/00222938609459982.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A (1887). "Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76". Zoology. 20 (59): i–lxviii, 1–275, pl. 1-51, 1 map.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] Hallmann, E.F. (1917). "A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae; with descriptions of some Australian species. Part III". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 41 (164): 634–675, pls XXIX, figs 3, 5, 6, XXXIII, fig. 6, XXXVIII, figs 5–9. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15326.

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