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Phorbas burtoni

Status not recordedsponges

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

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Quick facts about Phorbas burtoni

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 burtoni live?

Not recorded

Is Phorbas burtoni 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 burtoni classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderPoecilosclerida
  5. familyHymedesmiidae
  6. genusPhorbas
  7. SpeciesPhorbas burtoni Hajdu & Teixeira, 2011

Synonyms Hymedesmia arborescens, Phorbas arborescens

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phorbas burtoni

Other species in the same genus Phorbas.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Phorbas burtoni?

Phorbas burtoni (Phorbas burtoni) 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 burtoni (Phorbas burtoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-burtoni

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phorbas_burtoni_2026,
  title = {Phorbas burtoni (Phorbas burtoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-burtoni},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}