Myxillidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Myxillidae Dendy, 1922 |
Genera | |
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Myxillidae is a family of marine demosponges. [1]
Geodia is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Geodiidae. It is the type genus of its taxonomic family.
Axinella is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae. 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.
Cliona is a genus of demosponges in the family Clionaidae. It contains about eighty described species.
Clionaidae is a family of demosponges which are found worldwide. This family is known for parasitically boring holes in calcareous material such as mollusc shells and corals, using both chemical and mechanical processes.
Thoosa is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thoosidae. This genus is known for boring holes in corals. It contains sixteen described species.
Clathria is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae.
Microcionidae is a family of marine demosponges.
Isodictya is a genus of marine demosponge in the family Isodictyidae.
Haliclona is a genus of demosponges in the family Chalinidae.
Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.
Darwinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Dendroceratida.
Mycalidae is a family of marine demosponges.
Aaptos is a genus of sea sponges in the family Suberitidae.
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:
Gelliodes is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.
Crella is a genus of marine demosponges in the family Crellidae.
Craniella is a genus of marine sponges in the family Tetillidae.
Esperiopsis is a genus of demosponges, comprising around 30 species found in oceans around the world.
Geodia megastrella is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. The species was first described by Henry John Carter in 1876.
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