''Samus'' is a genus of
sea 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 throug ...
s. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Samidae and is represented by a single species, ''Samus anonymus''.
References
Tetractinellida
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