Biology:Inflatella

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Short description: Genus of sponges

Inflatella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Coelosphaeridae
Genus: Inflatella
(Schmidt, 1875)
Synonyms[1]

Joyeuxia (Topsent, 1890)

Infantella is a genus of demosponges in the family Coelospharidae.[2] The species in this genus differ from those in other genera through having a single kind of diactinal megascleres (single axis spicules with similar ends) and no mircoscleres.[3] This genus contains 6 species.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised:[2]

  • Inflatella belli (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Gooseberry sponge
  • Inflatella coelosphaeroides (Koltun, 1964)
  • Inflatella globosa (Koltun, 1955)
  • Inflatella pellicula (Schmidt, 1875)
  • Inflatella tubulosa (Topsent, 1904)
  • Inflatella viridis (Topsent, 1890)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4118839 entry