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Smenospongia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Thorectidae
Subfamily: Thorectinae
Genus: Smenospongia
Wiedenmayer, 1977
Type species
Aplysina aurea
Hyatt, 1875

Smenospongia is a genus of demosponges in the family Thorectidae.

Twelve new species of Korean Smenospongia were described in 2016.[1] As of November 2018, the World Porifera database accepted the following species of Smenospongia:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sim, Chung Ja; Lee, Kyung Jin; Kim, Young A (29 February 2016). "Twelve new species of two genera Smenospongia and Cacospongia (Demospongia: Dictyoceratida: Thorectidae) from Korea". Journal of Species Research. 5 (1): 31–48. doi:10.12651/jsr.2016.5.1.031.
  2. ^ Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. (2018). "Smenospongia". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-11-28.