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Forcepia
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species Species: *'' Forcepia acanthostylosa'' *'' Forcepia agglutinans'' *'' Forcepia apuliae'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4116270 Sponges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forcepia Acanthostylosa
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species Species: *'' Forcepia acanthostylosa'' *'' Forcepia agglutinans'' *'' Forcepia apuliae'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4116270 Sponges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forcepia Agglutinans
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species Species: *''Forcepia acanthostylosa ''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world ...'' *'' Forcepia agglutinans'' *'' Forcepia apuliae'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4116270 Sponges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forcepia Apuliae
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species Species: *''Forcepia acanthostylosa'' *''Forcepia agglutinans ''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species Species: *''Forcepia acanthostylosa ''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae. ...'' *'' Forcepia apuliae'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4116270 Sponges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coelosphaeridae
Coelosphaeridae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Poecilosclerida. Species are found across the globe. Description Originally it was believed that this family was restricted to hollow, bladder-like, spherical, club-shaped, tubular, and cushion-shaped growth forms. Other forms, however, were found to have similar spiculation so have since been included, while other genera such as Coelocarteria were removed due to their differing spiculation. This family now contains a diverse array of forms, including fistular (hollow), branching, massive and encrusting sponges. The surface is typically smooth in fistular forms. It is usually irregularly pitted in non-fistular forms, but areolated (colour ringed) pore-fields are absent. The skeletal architecture is similar to that of the myxillid sponges. Both groups are made of a network of tracts that form an isodictyal skeleton. The usual brushes of tomotes assume a partially tangential position. In the bladder-like fistular for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sponges
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cells that can transform into other types and that often migrate between the main cell layers and the mesohyl in the process. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems. Instead, most rely on maintaining a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and to remove wastes. Sponges were first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the last common ancestor of all animals, making them the sister group of all other animals. Etymology The term ''sponge'' derives from the Ancient Greek word ( 'sponge'). Overview Sponges are similar to other animals in that they are multicellular, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmopolitan Distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The extreme opposite of a cosmopolitan species is an endemic one, being found only in a single geographical location. Qualification The caveat “in appropriate habitat” is used to qualify the term "cosmopolitan distribution", excluding in most instances polar regions, extreme altitudes, oceans, deserts, or small, isolated islands. For example, the housefly is highly cosmopolitan, yet is neither oceanic nor polar in its distribution. Related terms and concepts The term pandemism also is in use, but not all authors are consistent in the sense in which they use the term; some speak of pandemism mainly in referring to diseases and pandemics, and some as a term intermediate between endemism and cosmopolitanism, in effect regarding pandemism as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
