''Soleneiscus'' is a
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of
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sponges in the family
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.
Species
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, accepted species in the genus are:
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*'' Soleneiscus apicalis'' (Brøndsted, 1931)
*'' Soleneiscus hamatus'' Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017
*'' Soleneiscus hispidus'' (Brøndsted, 1931)
*'' Soleneiscus irregularis'' ( Jenkin, 1908)
*'' Soleneiscus japonicus'' (]Haeckel
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, 1872)
*'' Soleneiscus olynthus'' (Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987)
*'' Soleneiscus pedicellatus'' Azevedo, Cóndor-Luján, Willenz, Hajdu, Hooker & Klautau, 2015
*'' Soleneiscus radovani'' Wörheide & Hooper, 1999
*'' Soleneiscus stolonifer'' ( Dendy, 1891)
References
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Clathrinida
Taxa named by Nicole Boury-Esnault
Taxa named by Jean Vacelet