Hippospongia

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Hippospongia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Spongiidae
Genus: Hippospongia
Schulze, 1879
Species
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Hippospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae. [1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. [1]

Species

The following species are accepted within Hippospongia: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hippospongia Schulze, 1879". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Hippospongia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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