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Vetulina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Sphaerocladina
Schrammen, 1924[1]
Family: Vetulinidae
Lendenfeld, 1903
Genus: Vetulina
Schmidt, 1879
Species

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Vetulina is a genus of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Vetulinidae and the monotypic order Sphaerocladina.[2]

Species

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There are three species recognised within the genus:

References

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  1. ^ Schrammen, A. 1924. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland. III. und letzter Teil. Monographien zur Geologie und Paläontologie (1) Heft 2: 1-159, I-XVII.
  2. ^ van Soest, R. (2015). Sphaerocladina. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L. (2016). World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17.
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