Tylexocladus

Tylexocladus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Hadromerida
Family: Polymastiidae
Genus: Tylexocladus
Topsent, 1898
Species

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Tylexocladus is a genus of deep-water demosponges belonging to the family Polymastiidae. These are small rounded sponges with a bristly surface bearing one or more raised openings (known as "osculae").

Species

Species include:

References


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