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Atergia villosa

species of sponge

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ2467717 ↗
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Atergia villosa is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in rocky deep-sea habitats around the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

This is a round, yellow, velvety-soft sponge up to 3 cm across. It is usually found attached to a scallop shell.

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The public source identifies “Atergia villosa” as species of sponge. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Atergia, villosa and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 47-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Atergia, villosa and species providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Atergia villosa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.