''Crella elegans'' is a species of marine
demosponge
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). They are sponges with a soft body that covers a har ...
s in the family
Crellidae
Crellidae is a family of marine demosponges in the order Poecilosclerida.
Characteristics
Growth forms are varied and include branching, club-shaped, massive and encrusting. Identification of members of this family is based on microscopic examin ...
found in the Adriatic. It is the type species of its genus. It is the host of the ectoparasitic copepod ''
Cryptopontius capitalis''.
References
External links
''Crella (Crella) elegans'' at World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Poecilosclerida
Animals described in 1862
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