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Discodermia

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Discodermia

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Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPorifera
  3. ClassDemospongiae
  4. OrderTetractinellida
  5. FamilyTheonellidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
202
With media
25
Family
Theonellidae
Collections
CAS, USNM
Recorded in
Malaysia, United States

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Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.

== Species == The following species are accepted within Discodermia: Discodermia adhaerens Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014 Discodermia arbor Carvalho & Xavier, 2020 Discodermia aspera Carter, 1880 Discodermia calyx Döderlein, 1884 Discodermia claviformis Kieschnick, 1896 Discodermia discifera (Lendenfeld, 1907) Discodermia discifurca Sollas, 1888 Discodermia dissoluta Schmidt, 1880 Discodermia dubia Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 Discodermia emarginata Dendy, 1905 Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928 Discodermia inscripta (Schmidt, 1879) Discodermia interspersa Kumar, 1925 Discodermia irregularis Hoshino, 1976 Discodermia japonica Döderlein, 1884 Discodermia jogashima Tanita & Hoshino, 1989 Discodermia kellyae Carvalho & Xavier, 2020 Discodermia kiiensis Hoshino, 1977 Discodermia koreana Sim, 1982 Discodermia laevidiscus Carter, 1880 Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903 Discodermia ornata Sollas, 1888 Discodermia panoplia Sollas, 1888 Discodermia papillata Carter, 1880 Discodermia polydiscus (Bowerbank, 1869) Discodermia polymorpha Pisera & Vacelet, 2011 Discodermia proliferans Lévi & Lévi, 1983 Discodermia ramifera Topsent, 1892 Discodermia sinuosa Carter, 1881 Discodermia stylifera Keller, 1891 Discodermia tuberosa Dendy, 1922 Discodermia vermicularis Döderlein, 1884 Discodermia verrucosa Topsent, 1928

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