''Leiosella'' 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
Spongiidae
Spongiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.
Genera
*'' Coscinoderma'' Carter, 1883
*''Evenor'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
*''Hippospongia'' Schulze, 1879
*' Lendenfeld, 1888
*'' Leiosella'' Lendenfeld, 1888
*'' Rhopal ...
.
The species of this genus are found in America and Australia.
Species:
*''
Leiosella arbuscula''
*''
Leiosella caliculata''
*''
Leiosella elegans''
*''
Leiosella flabellum''
*''
Leiosella idea''
*''
Leiosella idia''
*''
Leiosella levis''
*''
Leiosella ramosa''
*''
Leiosella silicata''
References
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Spongiidae
Sponge genera