| Heteropia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Leucosolenida |
| Family: | Heteropiidae |
| Genus: | Heteropia Carter, 1886 [1] [2] |
Heteropia is a genus of sponges in the family Heteropiidae, [1] and was first described in 1886 by Henry John Carter. [1] [2] The type species by monotypy is Heteropia ramosa (Carter, 1886), which he first called Aphroceras ramosa in the very same publication. [3]
GBIF with just 37 georeferenced specimens in this genus, shows it having perhaps a world-wide distribution. [4] The Australian Faunal Directory shows as being found on/off the coast of Western Australia, in the IMCRA regions of Central Western Shelf Transition, Central Western Shelf Province, Northwest Province, and the Central Western Transition. [1]
Dendyae is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Dendyidae.
Grantia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Grantiidae. Species of the genus Grantia contain spicules and spongin fibers.
Sycon is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm with a length from 2.5 to 7.5 cm, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in.
Acanthella is a genus of sponges in the family Dictyonellidae, which was first described in 1862 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt. The type species is Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862.
Vosmaeropsis is a genus of sponges in the family, Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1893 by Arthur Dendy. The type species by subsequent designation is Vosmaeropsis macera.
Vosmaeropsis macera is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1886 by Henry John Carter as Heteropia macera, and was later described as Vosmaeropsisis dendyi by Row and Hôzawa in 1931. It is the type species of the genus, Vosmaeropsis. The species epithet, macera, comes from the Latin, macer.
Heteropia glomerosa is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Heteropiidae, and was first described as Leuconia glomerosa in 1873 by James Scott Bowerbank. In Australia, the species is found in the IMCRA regions of the Central Western Shelf Transition, Central Western Shelf Province, Northwest Province, and the Central Western Transition.
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Austropheonoides is a genus of amphipods in the Cyproideidae family, and was first described in 1972 by Jerry Laurens Barnard
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