Neopetrosia

Neopetrosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Suborder: Petrosina
Family: Petrosiidae
Genus: Neopetrosia
de Laubenfels, 1932
Type species
Haliclona longleyi
de Laubenfels, 1932
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Densa de Laubenfels, 1934

Neopetrosia is a genus of marine petrosiid sponges. It was first established by the American spongiologist Max Walker de Laubenfels in 1932. It contains these 27 species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Rob van Soest (2013). R. W. M. Van Soest, N. Boury-Esnault, J. N. A. Hooper, K. Rützler, N. J. de Voogd, B. Alvarez de Glasby, E. Hajdu, A. B. Pisera, R. Manconi, C. Schoenberg, D. Janussen, K. R. Tabachnick, M. Klautau, B. Picton, M. Kelly & J. Vacelet, ed. "Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 25, 2013.


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