Tetillidae
Family of sponges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tetillidae is a family of marine sponges.[2] Tetillids are more or less spherical sponges (sometimes referred to as golf ball sponges) which are found commonly in all marine habitats at all depths throughout the world. They are especially common in sedimented habitats. Over a hundred species have been described in ten genera.
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Cinachyrella sp. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Tetractinellida |
Suborder: | Spirophorina |
Family: | Tetillidae Sollas, 1886[1] |
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