Pipestela | |
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Pipestela candelabra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Axinellida |
Family: | Axinellidae |
Genus: | Pipestela Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008 |
Type species | |
Pipestela candelabra | |
Species | |
5 species (see text) |
Pipestela is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Axinellidae. [1] [2] The species of this genus are found in Australian waters, New Guinea and other countries to the north of Australia. [2]
This genus contains the following five species: [1]
Axinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Axinellida.
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Vetulina is a genus of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Vetulinidae and the monotypic order Sphaerocladina.
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Dragmacidon australe is a species of sponge in the family, Axinellidae.
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Cymbastela coralliophila is a species of marine sponge in the family Axinellidae.
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Axinella badungensis is a species of sponge in the family, Axinellidae, which was first described by Belinda Alvarez, Nicole de Voogd & Rob van Soest in 2016, found in the coastal waters of Badung Strait, Indonesia,.
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Phycopsis is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Axinellidae. The species of this genus are found in Malesia and Australia.
Pipestela candelabra is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.
Pipestela rara is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.
Pipestela occidentalis is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.
Pipestela terpenensis is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.
Robertus Wilhelmus Maria (Rob) van Soest, born in 1946, is a Dutch marine biologist. He works at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center and is also affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. He co-authored with John N. A. Hooper Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges, a standard reference for sponge classification.
Leucetta chagosensis is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1913 by Arthur Dendy. The species epithet, chagosensis, comes from the Latin with the ending -ensis indicating that the species comes from the Chagos archipeligo in the Indian Ocean. The taxonomic decision for synonymy is based on Maurice Burton (1963).
Pipestela hooperi is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.