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Vetulina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Sphaerocladina Schrammen, 1924
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.

Species

There are three species recognised within the genus:

• Vetulina indica Pisera, Łukowiak, Fromont & Schuster, 2017
• Vetulina rugosa Pisera, Łukowiak, Fromont & Schuster, 2017
• Vetulina stalactites Schmidt, 1879

References

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.

External links

• Data related to Vetulina at Wikispecies

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