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Ircinia

Genus of sponges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.[1]

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Ircinia
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Ircinia campana at 90 meters in California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Irciniidae
Genus: Ircinia
Nardo, 1833
Species

87 species (see text)

Synonyms
List
  • Dysidicinia Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Euricinia Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Filifera Lieberkühn, 1859
  • Filifera (Hircinia) Schmidt, 1862
  • Hircinella Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hircinia Nardo, 1834
  • Hircinia (Dysidicinia) Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hircinia (Euricinia) Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Hircinia (Hircinella) Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Polytherses Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Stematumenia Bowerbank, 1845
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Ircinia fasciculata
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Ircinia campana