''Cymbastela'' is a genus of

sponge 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 t ...

s in the family

Axinellidae Axinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Axinellida. This family includes some photo-synthetic sponges that occur throughout the world's coral reefs. They are amongst the more common sponges seen in the aquarium trade but are usually not ...

List of species

* '' Cymbastela cantharella'' (Lévi, 1983) * '' Cymbastela concentrica'' (Lendenfeld 1887) * '' Cymbastela coralliophila'' Hooper & Bergquist, 1992 * '' Cymbastela lamellata'' (Bergquist, 1961) * '' Cymbastela marshae'' Hooper & Bergquist, 1992 * '' Cymbastela notiaina'' Hooper & Bergquist, 1992 * '' Cymbastela sodwaniensis'' Samaai, Pillay & Kelly, 2009 * '' Cymbastela stipitata'' (Bergquist & Tizard, 1967) * '' Cymbastela vespertina'' Hooper & Bergquist, 1992

References

Axinellidae Sponge genera Taxa named by Patricia Bergquist Taxa named by John Hooper (marine biologist) {{demosponge-stub