Caulospongia

Caulospongia is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Suberitidae.

Caulospongia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Suberitida
Family: Suberitidae
Genus: Caulospongia
Kent 1871[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Plectodendron Lendenfeld, 1888

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Caulospongia:

  • Caulospongia amplexa Fromont, 1998
  • Caulospongia biflabellata Fromont, 1998
  • Caulospongia elegans (Lendenfeld 1888)
  • Caulospongia pennatula (Lamarck 1814)
  • Caulospongia perfoliata (Lamarck 1814)
  • Caulospongia plicata Kent, 1871
  • Caulospongia reticulata Fromont, 1998
  • Caulospongia venosa Fromont, 1998

References

  1. On some new and little known species of Madreporaria, or stony corals, in the British Museum collection. W Saville Kent Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2, 275-286, 1871.



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