Ophlitaspongia is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. Many species formerly included in this genus have been moved to other genera such as Clathria and Echinoclathria and the genus currently contains only two recognized species.

Ophlitaspongia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Ophlitaspongia
Bowerbank, 1866
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Synonyms
  • Ophlitospongia [lapsus]

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