Taxa named by Arthur Dendy

species of worm

Homosclerophorida is an order of marine sponges. It is the only order in the monotypic class Homoscleromorpha. The order is composed of two families: Plakinidae and Oscarellidae.

thumb | right | alt=Calcareous sponge, Ascandra pinnus | Calcareous sponge, Ascandra pinnus Leucaltidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Clathrinida.

Desmacellidae is a family of marine demosponges. It is the only family in the monotypic order Desmacellida.

Heteropiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Leucosolenida in the class Calcarea. In a 2012 paper, Oliver Voigt, Eilika Wülfing and Gert Wörheide (2012) confirmed that the family Heteropiidae is not monophyletic.

Amphoriscidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Leucosolenida.

Ascute is a genus of calcareous sponges. It contains two species, both found in Australia:

Lelapiidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Leucosolenida.

species of sponge

species of sponge

species of sponge

elephant ear sponge

species of sponge

species of sponge

Grantiopsis is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Lelapiidae.

Leucascidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Clathrinida.

species of sponge

Dasychalina is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.

Vosmaeropsis is a genus of sponges in the family, Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1893 by Arthur Dendy. The type species by subsequent designation is Vosmaeropsis macera (Carter, 1886).

species of sponge

Minchinellidae is a family of calcareous sponges, members of the class Calcarea. It is the only family in the monotypic order Lithonida. The families Petrobionidae (genus Petrobiona) and Lepidoleuconidae (genus Lepidoleucon) have also sometimes been placed within Lithonida, though more recently they have been moved to the order Baerida. Thanks to their hypercalcified structure, minchinellids have a fossil record reaching as far back as the Jurassic Period.

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species of sponge

Leucopsila is a genus of poriferans in the family Baeriidae, was originally described as Leuconia stylifera in 1870. The genus was described by Dendy & Row in 1913.

Kuarrhaphis is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Trichogypsiidae. It consists of one species, Kuarrhaphis cretacea.

Ooperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. They are found in Australia. All species in this genus are oviparous and have 15 pairs of lobopods (legs).

species of worm

species of worm