Crella | |
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Crella cyathophora with Hemimycale arabica in the Red Sea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Crellidae |
Genus: | Crella Gray, 1867 [1] |
Type species | |
Crella elegans Schmidt, 1862 | |
Species | |
many (59) |
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Callyspongia is a genus of demosponges in the family Callyspongiidae.
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