''Lissodendoryx'' 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
Coelosphaeridae
Coelosphaeridae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Poecilosclerida
Poecilosclerida is an order of the demosponge class. It is the most speciose demosponge order with over 2200 species (World Porifera Database). It contains about 25 ...
.
The genus has
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:
*''
Lissodendoryx acanthostylota''
*''
Lissodendoryx albemarlensis''
*''
Lissodendoryx amaknakensis''
*''
Lissodendoryx collinsi''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4118335
Poecilosclerida
Sponge genera