Xestospongia

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Xestospongia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Petrosiidae
Genus: Xestospongia
Species

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Synonyms
  • Quepanetsalde Laubenfels, 1954

Xestospongia is a genus of sponges in the family Petrosiidae. It contains the following species: [1]

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References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932".


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