Tree sponge

Tree sponge
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Echinoclathria
Species:
E. dichotoma
Binomial name
Echinoclathria dichotoma
(Lévi, 1963)
Synonyms
  • Ophlitaspongia dichotoma Lévi, 1963

The tree sponge (Echinoclathria dichotoma) is a species of demosponge. It is known from the west coast of South Africa to Cape Agulhas. It is endemic to this region.