Inflatella

Inflatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Coelosphaeridae
Genus:	Inflatella; (Schmidt, 1875)
Synonyms
	Joyeuxia (Topsent, 1890)

Infantella is a genus of demosponges in the family Coelospharidae. The species in this genus differ from those in other genera through having a single kind of diactinal megascleres (single axis spicules with similar ends) and no mircoscleres. This genus contains 6 species.

Species

The following species are recognised:

Inflatella belli (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Gooseberry sponge
Inflatella coelosphaeroides (Koltun, 1964)
Inflatella globosa (Koltun, 1955)
Inflatella pellicula (Schmidt, 1875)
Inflatella tubulosa (Topsent, 1904)
Inflatella viridis (Topsent, 1890)

References

↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Inflatella Schmidt, 1875".
1 2 3 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Inflatella Schmidt, 1875". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
↑ Uriz, María Jesús (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope of Namibia (south-west Africa). Classes Hexactinellida and Demospongiae. CSIC-Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Inflatella Schmidt, 1875".

[:0-2] 1 2 3 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Inflatella Schmidt, 1875". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.

[3] Uriz, María Jesús (1988). Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope of Namibia (south-west Africa). Classes Hexactinellida and Demospongiae. CSIC-Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)