| Hymedesmia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Family: | Hymedesmiidae |
| Genus: | Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Hymedesmia zetlandica [1] Bowerbank, 1864 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Hymedesmia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Hymedesmiidae. [2] The genus is divided into two subgenera, Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) [3] and Hymedesmia (Stylopus). [4]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [2]
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Species: [2]
Species awaiting binomial:
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Haliclona crowtheri is a species of demosponge first found on the coast of South Georgia Island, in the south west Southern Ocean.
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