| Trichogypsia | |
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| Cross sections of Trichogypsia sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Baerida |
| Family: | Trichogypsiidae |
| Genus: | Trichogypsia Carter, 1871 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Trichogypsia villosa Carter, 1871 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Trichogypsia is a genus of calcareous sponges in the order Baerida.
The following species are recognised in the genus Trichogypsia:
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Grantia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Grantiidae. Species of the genus Grantia contain spicules and spongin fibers.
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Axinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Axinellida.
Leuconia is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.
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