Crella

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Crella
Demoesponja (Crella cyathophora), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD, DD 08.jpg
Crella cyathophora with Hemimycale arabica in the Red Sea
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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)

Crella is a genus of marine demosponges in the family Crellidae.

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Subgenera

Species

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References

  1. Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII