''Ciocalapata'' is a genus of
sea sponges
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and are on ...
belonging to the family
Halichondriidae
Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida.
These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicule (sponge), spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.
Genera
The following genera are rec ...
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Species
* ''
Ciocalapata amorphosa'' (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
* ''
Ciocalapata minuspiculifera'' , (Carvalho & Menegola, 2013)
* ''
Ciocalapata almae'', (Uriz & García-Gómez, 1996)
* ''
Ciocalapata gibbsi'', (Wells & Gray, 1960)
References
Halichondrida
Sponge genera
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