| Cymbastela | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Axinellidae |
| Genus: | Cymbastela Hooper & Bergquist, 1992 |
| Species | |
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Cymbastela is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae. [1] [2]
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Polymastia is a genus of sea sponges containing about 30 species. These are small to large encrusting or dome-shaped sponges with a smooth surface having many teat-shaped projections (papillae). In areas of strong wave action, this genus does not grow the teat structures, but instead grows in a corrugated form.
Halichondria is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae. These are massive, amorphous sponges with clearly separated inner and outer skeletons consisting of bundles of spicules arranged in a seemingly random pattern.
Spongia is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 60 species. Some species, including Spongia officinalis, are used as cleaning tools, but have mostly been replaced in that use by synthetic or plant material.
Axinella is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt. Species of Axinella occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Most of these sponges are smaller than 20 cm, and have a yellow or orange colour.
Hymeniacidon is a genus of sea sponges in the class Demospongiae. Some members of the genus are known to be mobile, achieving speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.
Tethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae. Members of this genus all have a spherical body form and some are known to be able to move at speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.
Biemna is a genus of sea sponges in the family Biemnidae.
Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.
Darwinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Dendroceratida.
Aaptos is a genus of sea sponges in the family Suberitidae.
Thorectidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.
Tedania is a genus of sea sponges in the family Tedaniidae.
Dysideidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.
Citronia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Dysideidae. It consists of one species, Citronia vasiformis(Bergquist, 1995).
Luffariella is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.
Cymbastela lamellata is a species of marine sponge in the family Axinellidae.
Cymbastela stipitata is a species of marine sponge in the family Axinellidae.
Dragmacidon australe is a species of sponge in the family, Axinellidae.
Cymbastela coralliophila is a species of marine sponge in the family Axinellidae.
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