Inflatella

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Inflatella
Scientific classification e
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
  • (Koltun, 1964)
  • (Koltun, 1955)
  • (Schmidt, 1875)
  • (Topsent, 1904)
  • (Topsent, 1890)

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131926
  2. ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Inflatella Schmidt, 1875". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. ^ Uriz, María Jesús (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope of Namibia (south-west Africa). Classes Hexactinellida and Demospongiae. CSIC-Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)

External links[]

Data related to Inflatella at Wikispecies

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