This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
From the WoRMS/EOL-linked image record, Abyssocladia carcharias is depicted as a small sponge with an upright, branched growth form (morphology characteristic of deep-water cladorhizid sponges), with multiple projections arising from a basal body region.[1]
GBIF lists Abyssocladia carcharias as an accepted species name, authored as “Kelly & Vacelet, 2011”.[2]