Dendyidae is a
family
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of
calcareous sponges, which contains thirteen
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
in two
genera.
Dendyidae contains the following genera and species:
* Genus ''
Dendya''
** ''
Dendya amitsbo''
Hozawa, 1929
** ''
Dendya cavata''
(Carter, 1886)
** ''
Dendya clathrata''
(Carter, 1883)
** ''
Dendya quadripodifera''
Hozawa, 1929
** ''
Dendya tripodifera''
(Carter, 1886)
** ''
Dendya triradiata''
Tanita, 1943
* Genus ''
Soleneiscus''
** ''
Soleneiscus apicalis''
(Brøndsted, 1931)
** ''
Soleneiscus hispida''
(Brøndsted, 1931)
** ''
Soleneiscus irregularis''
(Jenkin, 1908)
** ''
Soleneiscus japonicus''
(Haeckel, 1872)
** ''
Soleneiscus olynthus''
(Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987)
** ''
Soleneiscus radovani''
Wörheide & Hooper, 1999
** ''
Soleneiscus stolonifer''
(Dendy, 1891)
References
Clathrinida
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