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    Petrosiidae is a family of sponges, first described in 1980 by Rob van Soest which contains the following four genera: Acanthostrongylophora Hooper, 1984...
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    Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Haplosclerida Family: Petrosiidae Genus: Xestospongia Species: X. muta Binomial name Xestospongia muta...
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    de Laubenfels, 1936 Chalinidae Gray, 1867 Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980 Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980 Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882 "WoRMS - World Register...
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  • Xestospongia bergquistia is a species of barrel sponge in the family Petrosiidae first described by Jane Fromont in 1991. The species epithet, bergquistia...
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    the subgenus Petrosia of the genus Petrosia. It belongs to the family Petrosiidae or the suborder Petrosina. Petrosia ficiformis is found on the underside...
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    Xestospongia is a genus of sponges in the family Petrosiidae. It contains the following species: Xestospongia arenosa van Soest & de Weerdt, 2001 Xestospongia...
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    Xestospongia to Neopetrosia in 2005. It is classified under the family Petrosiidae in the order Haplosclerida. Neopetrosia proxima is externally brown,...
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    Petrosia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Petrosiidae. Petrosia are well distributed from temperate zone waters to tropical and from intertidal...
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    Xestospongia testudinaria is a species of barrel sponge in the family Petrosiidae. More commonly known as Giant Barrel Sponges, they have the basic structure...
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  • Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Haplosclerida Family: Petrosiidae Genus: Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1932 Type species Haliclona longleyi...
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  • subtriangularis. It is classified under the genus Neopetrosia of the family Petrosiidae in the order Haplosclerida. Neopetrosia subtriangularis superficially...
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    The list of sponges of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the poriferan (Phylum Porifera) fauna of South Africa. Taxonomy follows WoRMS...
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    Desmacella jania Verrill, 1907 Desmacella meliorata Wiedenmayer, 1977 Family Petrosiidae Neopetrosia subtriangularis (Duchassaing, 1850) Family Phloeodictyidae...
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