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Phorbas aurantiacus

Status not recordedsponges

Phorbas aurantiacus is a species in the family Hymedesmiidae, order Poecilosclerida.

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Quick facts about Phorbas aurantiacus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Phorbas aurantiacus live?

Not recorded

Is Phorbas aurantiacus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Phorbas aurantiacus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderPoecilosclerida
  5. familyHymedesmiidae
  6. genusPhorbas
  7. SpeciesPhorbas aurantiacus Rützler, Piantoni, Van Soest & Diaz, 2014

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phorbas aurantiacus

Other species in the same genus Phorbas.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Phorbas aurantiacus?

Phorbas aurantiacus (Phorbas aurantiacus) belongs to the family Hymedesmiidae in the order Poecilosclerida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Phorbas aurantiacus (Phorbas aurantiacus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-aurantiacus

MLA

“Phorbas aurantiacus (Phorbas aurantiacus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-aurantiacus.

BibTeX
@misc{phorbas_aurantiacus_2026,
  title = {Phorbas aurantiacus (Phorbas aurantiacus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-aurantiacus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}