''Ascaltis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of sponges in the family

Leucascidae Leucascidae is a family (biology), family of calcareous sponges in the order Clathrinida. References

Leucascidae Taxa named by Arthur Dendy Sponge families Taxa described in 1892 {{calcarea-stub ...

, first described in 1872 by

Ernst Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (; ; 16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German zoologist, natural history, naturalist, eugenics, eugenicist, Philosophy, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biology, marine biologist and artist ...

Species

According to

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, accepted species in the genus are: * '' Ascaltis abyssus'' Rapp, Janussen & Tendal, 2011 * '' Ascaltis agassizii'' Haeckel, 1872 * '' Ascaltis cavata'' (Carter, 1886) * '' Ascaltis depressa'' (Dendy, 1891) * '' Ascaltis gardineri'' (Dendy, 1913) * '' Ascaltis grisea'' (Dendy & Frederick, 1924) * '' Ascaltis lamarcki'' (Haeckel, 1870) * '' Ascaltis panis'' (Haeckel, 1870) * '' Ascaltis pelliculata'' (Dendy, 1891) * '' Ascaltis poterium'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Ascaltis reticulum'' (Schmidt, 1862) * '' Ascaltis vitraea'' (Row & Hôzawa, 1931) * '' Ascaltis wilsoni'' (Dendy, 1891)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6534404 Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel Ascaltis Sponge genera Taxa described in 1872