| Hyrtios | |
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| Hyrtios erectus. Sudan, Red Sea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Dictyoceratida |
| Family: | Thorectidae |
| Genus: | Hyrtios Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1864 |
Hyrtios is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Thorectidae.
Species within this genus include: [1]
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.
Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae. Its earliest known fossils are from the Jurassic.
Stelletta is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae.
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.
Cliona is a genus of demosponges in the family Clionaidae. It contains about eighty described species.
Clathria is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae.
Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.
Dictyodendrillidae is a family of sponges in the order Dendroceratida.
Amphimedon is a genus of sponges with over 60 described species. In 2009, Amphimedon queenslandica was the first species of sponge to have its genome sequenced.
Agelas is a genus of sea sponge in the class Demospongiae.
Callyspongia is a genus of demosponges in the family Callyspongiidae.
Callyspongiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Haplosclerida. It contains the following genera and species:
Spongiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.
Aplysina is a genus of sea sponges in the order Verongiida. It was first authenticated and described by Giovanni Domenico Nardo in 1834.
Thorectidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.
Tedania is a genus of sea sponges in the family Tedaniidae.
Mycale is a genus of demosponge with 240 recognised species in 11 subgenera. It has been a large genus with multiple subdivisions since it was first described in 1867.
Hippospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae.
Dysidea is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Dysideidae.
Phorbas is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Hymedesmiidae.
