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Tetillidae

Synonyms: Craniellidae; Ectyonillidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Tetillidae is a family of marine demosponges.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 eight genera.
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Genus

Acanthotetilla (7)
Amphitethya (3)
Antarctotetilla (5)
Cinachyra (Sponge) (4)
Cinachyrella (43)
Craniella (44)
Fangophilina (4)
Levantiniella (2)
Paracinachyrella (1)
Paratetilla (6)
Tetilla (Tennisball sponge) (55)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0