''Eilhardia'' is a
genus
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of
calcareous sponge
The calcareous sponges or calcereans are sponges that make up the class Calcarea, characterized by spicules made of calcium carbonate in the form of high-magnesium calcite or aragonite. While the spicules in most species are triradiate (with three ...
s in the
family
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Baeriidae.
It contains one species, ''Eilhardia schulzei''.
[Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H. M. S. ''Challenger'' during the years 1873–1876. In Thomson, C. & Murray, J. (Eds.), ''Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. ''Challenger (pp. 1–76). London: MacMillan & Co.]
References
Calcaronea
Monotypic sponge genera
Taxa described in 1883
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