Information

Scientific Name Xestospongia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814)  
Classification #Kingdom: Animalia
 #Phylum: Porifera
       #Class: Demospongiae
             #Order: Haplosclerida
                   #Family: Petrosiidae
                         #Genus: Xestospongia
                               #Species: Xestospongia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814)
Common Name(Thai) ฟองน้ำเคลือบสีเขียวคล้ำ
Common Name(English) Encrusting sponge
Locality South west side of Ko Wong Nok
Province Nakhon Si Thammarat
Collector Putchakarn, S
Identify by Putchakarn, S
Status rare
Major Characters thick encrusting, external color is dark,green, internal color is dark,green, EtOH color is brown
Principal Investigator Sumaitt Putchakarn
Id. BRT-R149013-A112
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND