Phakellia

Phakellia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Bubarida
Family:	Bubaridae
Genus:	Phakellia ; Bowerbank, 1862
Species
	34 species (see text)

Last updated July 09, 2025

Phakellia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Bubaridae.^[1] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.^[2]

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

Phakellia atypica Lévi, 1961
Phakellia bettinae Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Phakellia carduus (Lamarck, 1814)
Phakellia columnata (Burton, 1928)
Phakellia connexiva Ridley & Dendy, 1887
Phakellia crassistylifera Dendy, 1905
Phakellia crateriformis (Pallas, 1766)
Phakellia dalli Lambe, 1895
Phakellia elegans Thiele, 1898
Phakellia flabellata Carter, 1885
Phakellia foliacea Thiele, 1898
Phakellia folium Schmidt, 1870
Phakellia fusca Thiele, 1898
Phakellia hirondellei Topsent, 1890
Phakellia hooperi Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
Phakellia izuensis Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
Phakellia labellum (Lamarck, 1814)
Phakellia lambei Topsent, 1913
Phakellia lamelligera Wilson, 1904
Phakellia multiformis Whitelegge, 1907
Phakellia palmata Row, 1911
Phakellia paupera Thiele, 1898
Phakellia perforata Thiele, 1898
Phakellia pygmaea Thiele, 1898
Phakellia radiata (Dendy, 1916)
Phakellia robusta Bowerbank, 1866
Phakellia rubra Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019
Phakellia stelliderma Lévi & Lévi, 1989
Phakellia stipitata (Carter, 1881)
Phakellia stuartridleyi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Phakellia sur Carvalho, Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Hajdu, 2007
Phakellia symmetrica Dendy, 1905
Phakellia tropicalis Alvarez & Hooper, 2009
Phakellia ventilabrum (Linnaeus, 1767)

References

1 2 Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. (2022). "Phakellia Bowerbank, 1862". World Porifera Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 February 2022.
↑ "Phakellia Bowerbank, 1862". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. (2022). "Phakellia Bowerbank, 1862". World Porifera Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[GBIF-2] "Phakellia Bowerbank, 1862". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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