Haplosclerida

Haplosclerida is an order of demosponges. It contains the following families:

species of sponge

Petrosiidae is a family of sponges, first described in 1980 by Rob van Soest which contains the following four genera: Acanthostrongylophora Hooper, 1984 Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949 Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885 Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932

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species of sponge

species of sponge

Xestospongia is a genus of sponges in the family Petrosiidae. It contains the following species:

species of sponge

species of sponge

The Phloeodictyidae are a family of sponges containing the following genera: Calyx Vosmaer, 1885 Oceanapia Norman, 1869 Pachypellina Burton, 1934 Siphonodictyon Bergquist, 1965 Tabulocalyx Pulitzer-Finali, 1993

Metaniidae is a family of freshwater sponges, with five genera and 27 species: Acalle Gray, 1867 Acalle recurvata (Bowerbank, 1863) Corvomeyenia Weltner, 1913 Corvomeyenia carolinensis Harrison, 1971 Corvomeyenia epilithosa Volkmer-Ribeiro, Rosa-Barbosa & Machado, 2005 Corvomeyenia everetti (Mills, 1884) Corvomeyenia thumi (Traxler, 1895) Drulia Gray, 1867 Drulia batesii (Bowerbank, 1863) Drulia brownii (Bowerbank, 1863) Drulia conifera Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973 Drulia cristata (Weltner, 1895) Drulia cristinae Volkmer-Ribeiro, Drago, Machado & Sabaj, 2017 Drulia ctenoscler

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species of sponge

species of sponge

species of sponge

Neopetrosia is a genus of marine petrosiid sponges. It was first established by the American spongiologist Max Walker de Laubenfels in 1932. It contains these 27 species:

Gelliodes is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.

Dasychalina is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.

genus of sponges

genus of sponges

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Cribrochalina is a genus of sponges with eight described species.

species of sponge

Ochridaspongia is genus of freshwater sponges containing two species: Ochridaspongia rotunda Ochridaspongia interlithonis

Calcifibrospongiidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Haplosclerida. The order Haplosclerida is distinguished by isodictyal skeleton (mesh shaped fibres). In general, Porifera are basal animals with bodies full of pores and channels. Calcifibrospongiidae includes the species Calcifibrospongia actinostromarioides. There have only been ten recorded occurrences of this species: in Hogsty Reef and San Salvador, as well as in the subtropics of the Bahamas.

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Pachydictyum is a genus of freshwater sponge in the family Malawispongiidae. It is monotypic and represented by a single species, Pachydictyum globosum. It lives in Sulawesi, Indonesia.