Coelosphaeridae

	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, and cushion-shaped growth forms. Other forms, however, were found to have similar spiculation so have since been included, while other genera such as Coelocarteria were removed due to their differing spiculation. This family now contains a diverse array of forms, including fistular (hollow), branching, massive and encrusting sponges. The surface is typically smooth in fistular forms. It is usually irregularly pitted in non-fistular forms, but areolated (colour ringed) pore-fields are absent. The skeletal architecture is similar to that of the myxillid sponges. Both groups are made of a network of tracts that form an isodictyal skeleton. The usual brushes of tomotes assume a partially tangential position. In the bladder-like fistular for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 recognised families. They are characterised by having chelae microscleres, that is, the minute spicules scattered through the tissues, usually in the 10-60 μm range, have a shovel-like structure on the end. Most of the families are viviparous with parenchymella larvae that are uniformly ciliated The cilium, plural cilia (), is a membrane-bound organelle found on most types of eukaryotic cell, and certain microorganisms known as ciliates. Cilia are absent in bacteria and archaea. The cilium has the shape of a slender threadlike projec .... Families As of 2018, the following families are recognized: References {{demosponge-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Forcepia ''Forcepia'' 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 world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species Species: '' Forcepia acanthostylosa'' '' Forcepia agglutinans'' '' Forcepia apuliae'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4116270 Sponges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Inflatella ''Infantella'' is a genus of demosponges in the family Coelospharidae. The species in this genus differ from those in other genera through having a single kind of diactinal megascleres (single axis spicules with similar ends) and no mircoscleres. Uriz, María Jesús (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope of Namibia (south-west Africa). Classes Hexactinellida and Demospongiae'' CSIC-Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM) This genus contains 6 species. Species The following species are recognised: * '' Inflatella belli'' (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Gooseberry sponge * '' Inflatella coelosphaeroides'' (Koltun, 1964) * '' Inflatella globosa'' (Koltun, 1955) * '' Inflatella pellicula'' (Schmidt, 1875) * '' Inflatella tubulosa'' (Topsent, 1904) * '' Inflatella viridis'' (Topsent, 1890) References External links Demospongiae Sponge genera {{demosponge-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lissodendoryx ''Lissodendoryx'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: ''Lissodendoryx acanthostylota'' ''Lissodendoryx albemarlensis'' ''Lissodendoryx amaknakensis'' ''Lissodendoryx collinsi ''Lissodendoryx collinsi'' is a species of demosponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south-western Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the W ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4118335 Poecilosclerida Sponge genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cells that can transform into other types and that often migrate between the main cell layers and the mesohyl in the process. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems. Instead, most rely on maintaining a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and to remove wastes. Sponges were first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the last common ancestor of all animals, making them the sister group of all other animals. Etymology The term ''sponge'' derives from the Ancient Greek word ( 'sponge'). Overview Sponges are similar to other animals in that they are multicell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sponge Spicule Spicules are structural elements found in most sponges. The meshing of many spicules serves as the sponge's skeleton and thus it provides structural support and potentially defense against predators. Sponge spicules are made of calcium carbonate or silica. Large spicules visible to the naked eye are referred to as megascleres, while smaller, microscopic ones are termed microscleres. The composition, size, and shape of spicules are major characters in sponge systematics and taxonomy. Overview Sponges are a species-rich clade of the earliest-diverging (most basal) animals. They are distributed globally, with diverse ecologies and functions, and a record spanning at least the entire Phanerozoic. Most sponges produce skeletons formed by spicules, structural elements that develop in a wide variety of sizes and three dimensional shapes. Among the four sub-clades of Porifera, three ( Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) produce skeletons of amorphous silica and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]