Ascandra corallicola is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucaltidae.[2] It is known from the coastal waters in northeast Atlantic at depths between 90 and 530 m (300 and 1,740 ft), and on the Reykjanes Ridge as deep as 1,300 m (4,300 ft). It occurs solely on dead parts of the corals Lophelia pertusa and Solenosmilia variabilis, to which its specific name corallicola refers to.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Clathrinida |
| Family: | Leucaltidae |
| Genus: | Ascandra |
| Species: | A. corallicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Ascandra corallicola (Rapp, 2006)
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References edit
- ^ a b Rapp, Hans Tore (2006). "Calcareous sponges of the genera Clathrina and Guancha (Calcinea, Calcarea, Porifera) of Norway (north-east Atlantic) with the description of five new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 147 (3): 331–365. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00221.x.
- ^ a b Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. (2020). "Ascandra corallicola (Rapp, 2006)". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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