Ophlitaspongia

Ophlitaspongia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Suborder: Microcionina
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Ophlitaspongia
Bowerbank, 1866
Species

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Ophlitaspongia is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. Many species formerly included in this genus have been moved to other genera such as Clathria and Echinoclathria and the genus currently contains only 2 recognized species.

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