''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
''Cymbastela lamellata'' is a species of marine sponge in the family Axinellidae.
The sponge was first described in 1961 by Patricia Bergquist as ''Axinella lamellata'', However the name had already been used, and she renamed it in 1970 as ''Axi ...
''
(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)
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