Demospongiae

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Mycalidae is a family of marine demosponges.

Raspailiidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Axinellida.

Acarnus is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Acarnidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution (except Europe).

Acarnidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Poecilosclerida. It has a global distribution, although several genera occur primarily in colder temperate waters, and several have very restricted ranges. It is estimated that there are several hundred species.

Guitarridae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Poecilosclerida.

Penares is a widely distributed genus of demosponges, and was first described in 1867 by John Edward Gray.

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Monanchora is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Crambeida. The genus contains 18 species, which have been researched for their potential use in medicine.

Forcepia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.

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Coelosphaeridae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Poecilosclerida. Species are found across the globe.

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Latrunculia is a genus of demosponges. It is well known for the diverse array of chemical compounds found in its species, including the latrunculins, which are named after this genus. Many of these are medically important, including anti-cancer compounds such as discorhabdins.

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Raspailia is a genus of sponges in the class Demospongiae.

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Fibulia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Dendoricellidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern South Hemisphere.

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Phoriospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Chondropsidae.

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Potamolepidae is a family of freshwater sponges, with seven genera:

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Strongylacidon is a genus of sponges in the family Chondropsidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.

Infantella is a genus of demosponges in the family Coelospharidae. The species in this genus differ from those in other genera through having a single kind of diactinal megascleres (single axis spicules with similar ends) and no mircoscleres. This genus contains 6 species.

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Ectyonopsis is a genus of demosponges in the family Myxillidae. They are mostly known from the waters surrounding Australia and from the Southern Ocean.

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Tetrapocillon is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Guitarridae.

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Halisarcidae is a family of sea sponges within the order Chondrillida. Members of the family are characterised by having long tubular, branched choanocyte chambers; they have no spicules which makes it difficult to determine the group's affinities with other sponge families. Halisarcidae is a monogeneric family, the only genus being Halisarca.

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