''Scopalina'' is a genus of
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 belonging to the family
Scopalinidae
Scopalinidae is an family of demosponge
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). They are ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
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Scopalina agoga
''Scopalina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Scopalinidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the ...
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Scopalina australiensis
''Scopalina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Scopalinidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Scopalina agoga
''Scopalina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Scopalinidae.
The genus has ...
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Scopalina azurea
''Scopalina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Scopalinidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Scopalina agoga''
*''Scopalina australiensis
''Scopalina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family ...
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References
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Heteroscleromorpha
Sponge genera