Citronia
Sign in to saveCitronia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Dysideidae. It consists of one species, Citronia vasiformis (Bergquist, 1995), which Bergquist originally described as Euryspongia vasiformis, from a specimen found in the Baie de Citrons, New Caledonia at a depth of 8 to10 m.
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- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dysideidae
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- genus
- taxon name
- Citronia
- taxon author citation
- Cook & Bergquist, 2002
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Citronia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Dysideidae. It consists of one species, Citronia vasiformis (Bergquist, 1995), which Bergquist originally described as Euryspongia vasiformis, from a specimen found in the Baie de Citrons, New Caledonia at a depth of 8 to10 m.
In Australia it is found in waters off the Queensland coast.
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