Echinoclathria
Encyclopedia
Echinoclathria is a genus
of demosponge
in the family
Microcionidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of demosponge
Demosponge
The Demospongiae are the largest class in the phylum Porifera. Their "skeletons" are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both. Where spicules of silica are present, they have a different shape from those in the otherwise similar glass sponges...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Microcionidae
Microcionidae
Microcionidae is a family of marine demosponges.-Subdivisions:The family is divided as follows:* Subfamily: Microcioninae Carter 1875Genera in the subfamily include:** Clathria Schmidt, 1862** Echinochalina Thiele, 1903...
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Species
Species in the genus include:- Echinoclathria arborea (Tanita, 1968)
- Echinoclathria arcifera (Schmidt, 1880)
- Echinoclathria atlantica Sarà, 1978
- Echinoclathria axinelloides (Dendy, 1896)
- Echinoclathria bergquistae Hooper, 1996
- Echinoclathria beringensis (Hentschel, 1929)
- Echinoclathria chalinoides (Carter, 1885)
- Echinoclathria confragosa (Hallmann, 1912)
- Echinoclathria contexta Sarà, 1978
- Echinoclathria dichotoma (Lévi, 1963)
- Echinoclathria digitata (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Echinoclathria digitiformis (Row, 1911)
- Echinoclathria egena Wiedenmayer, 1989
- Echinoclathria gibbosa (Keller, 1889)
- Echinoclathria hjorti Arnesen, 1932
- Echinoclathria inornata (Hallmann, 1912)
- Echinoclathria leporina (Lamarck, 1814)
- Echinoclathria levii Hooper, 1996
- Echinoclathria minor (Burton, 1959)
- Echinoclathria nodosa Carter, 1885
- Echinoclathria notialis Hooper, 1996
- Echinoclathria noto (Tanita, 1963)
- Echinoclathria oxeata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
- Echinoclathria papyracea (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Echinoclathria parkeri Hooper, 1996
- Echinoclathria reticulata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
- Echinoclathria riddlei Hooper, 1996
- Echinoclathria rimosa (Ridley, 1884)
- Echinoclathria robusta (Keller, 1889)
- Echinoclathria subhispida Carter, 1885
- Echinoclathria translata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1978)
- Echinoclathria vasa Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006
- Echinoclathria waldoschmitti de Laubenfels, 1954