Question

Match the following:

A. Cliona	(i) Bowl sponge
B. Pheronema	(ii) Bath sponge
C. Euspongia	(iii) Bread crumb sponge
D. Halichondria	(iv) Boring sponge

• A. A- (i), B- (ii), C- (iv), D- (iii)
• B. A- (iv), B- (i), C- (ii), D- (iii)
• C. A- (iii), B- (iv), C- (ii), D- (i)
• D. A- (ii), B- (iv), C- (i), D- (iii)

Answer 1

The correct option is B A- (iv), B- (i), C- (ii), D- (iii)

Cliona celata also known as Boring Sponge, is a species of demosponge belonging the family Clionaidae. This sponge creates round holes up to 5 mm in diameter in limestone or the shells of molluscs, especially oysters.

Pheronema is a bowl sponge, it is a siliceous leuconoid marine sponge. Its skeleton looks similar to a glass bowl.

Euspongia also known as Bath sponge found throughout the Mediterranean Sea. It is a commercially used sponge.

Halichondria panicea, commonly known as the breadcrumb sponge, is a species of marine demosponge belonging to the family Halichondriidae.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.