Biology:Calthropella
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Short description: Genus of sponges
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Tetractinellida |
| Family: | Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907 |
| Genus: | Calthropella Sollas, 1888 |
Calthropella is a genus of sea sponges in the order Tetractinellida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Calthropellidae.[1]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Calthropella:
- Calthropella durissima Topsent, 1892
- Calthropella geodioides (Carter, 1876)
- Calthropella enigmatica (Lévi & Lévi, 1983)
- Calthropella inopinata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
- Calthropella lithistina (Schmidt, 1880)
- Calthropella novaezealandiae (Bergquist, 1961)
- Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868)
- Calthropella pyrifera van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010
- Calthropella recondita Pulitzer-Finali, 1972
- Calthropella simplex Sollas, 1888
- Calthropella stelligera (Schmidt, 1868)
- Calthropella xavierae van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010
References
- Van Soest, RW; Beglinger, EJ; De Voogd, NJ (2010). "Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida).". ZooKeys (68): 1–88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.68.729. PMID 21594036.
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