''Dictyonella'' 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 belonging to the family
Dictyonellidae.
The genus has almost
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:
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Dictyonella alonsoi''
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Dictyonella arenosa''
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Dictyonella chlorophyllacea''
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Dictyonella conglomerata''
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Dictyonella foliaformis''
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Dictyonella funicularis''
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Dictyonella hirta''
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Dictyonella incisa''
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Dictyonella madeirensis''
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Dictyonella marsilii''
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Dictyonella obtusa''
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Dictyonella pelligera''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4115870
Heteroscleromorpha
Sponge genera