''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. Species are found across the globe.
Description
Originally it was believed that this family was restricted to hollow, bladder-like, spherical, club-shaped, tubular, ...
.
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:
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Lissodendoryx acanthostylota
''Lissodendoryx'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.
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 ...
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Lissodendoryx albemarlensis''
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Lissodendoryx amaknakensis''
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Lissodendoryx collinsi''
References
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Poecilosclerida
Sponge genera