''Echinoclathria'' 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
demosponge
Demosponges or common sponges are sponges of the class Demospongiae (from + ), the most diverse group in the phylum Porifera which include greater than 90% of all extant sponges with nearly 8,800 species
A species () is often de ...
in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Microcionidae
Microcionidae is a family (biology), family of marine demosponges.
Subdivisions
The following genera are recognized within the family Microcionidae:
* Subfamily Microcioninae Carter 1875
** ''Clathria'' Schmidt, 1862
** ''Echinochalina'' Thiele ...
.
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
The tree sponge (''Echinoclathria dichotoma'') is a species of demosponge.Samaai, T. and Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. ''Afr. Nat. Hist''. 1(1):1-96 It is know ...
''
(Lévi, 1963)
* ''
Echinoclathria digitata''
(Lendenfeld, 1888)
* ''
Echinoclathria digitiformis''
(Row, 1911)
* ''
Echinoclathria egena''
Wiedenmayer, 1989
* ''
Echinoclathria gibbosa''
(Keller, 1889)
* ''
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 parkeri''
Hooper, 1996
* ''
Echinoclathria retepora''
(Lendenfeld, 1887)
* ''
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
References
Poecilosclerida
Taxa named by Henry John Carter
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