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Inflatella

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Inflatella
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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

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The following species are recognised:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Inflatella Schmidt, 1875".
  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)
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