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Soleneiscus
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassCalcarea
- OrderClathrinida
- FamilyDendyidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Dendyidae
- Collections
- USNM, QM, WAM
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, United States, Guyana, Papua New Guinea, Australia
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Soleneiscus is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Dendyidae.
==Species== According to WORMS, accepted species in the genus are: Soleneiscus apicalis (Brøndsted, 1931) Soleneiscus hamatus Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017 Soleneiscus hispidus (Brøndsted, 1931) Soleneiscus irregularis (Jenkin, 1908) Soleneiscus intermedius Klautau, Lopes, Tavares & Pérez, 2021 Soleneiscus japonicus (Haeckel, 1872) Soleneiscus olynthus (Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987) Soleneiscus pedicellatus Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Willenz, Hajdu, Hooker & Klautau, 2015 Soleneiscus radovani Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 Soleneiscus stolonifer (Dendy, 1891)
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