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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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.
== Species == The following species are recognised: Inflatella belli (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Gooseberry sponge Inflatella coelosphaeroides (Koltun, 1964) Inflatella globosa (Koltun, 1955) Inflatella pellicula (Schmidt, 1875) Inflatella tubulosa (Topsent, 1904) Inflatella viridis (Topsent, 1890)
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