{{Short description|Genus of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Inflatella | authority = (Schmidt, 1875) | synonyms = ''Joyeuxia'' <small>(Topsent, 1890)</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131926|title = WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Inflatella Schmidt, 1875}}</ref> }}
'''''Infantella''''' is a genus of demosponges in the family Coelospharidae.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Inflatella Schmidt, 1875|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131926|access-date=2021-07-22|website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> The species in this genus differ from those in other genera through having a single kind of diactinal megascleres (single axis spicules with similar ends) and no mircoscleres.<ref>Uriz, María Jesús (1988). ''[https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/98603/3/Deep-water%20sponges%20from%20the%20continental%20shelf%20and%20slope%20of%20Namibia_1.pdf Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope of Namibia (south-west Africa). Classes Hexactinellida and Demospongiae].'' CSIC-Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)</ref> This genus contains 6 species.<ref name=":0" />
== Species == The following species are recognised:<ref name=":0" />
* ''Inflatella belli'' <small>(Kirkpatrick, 1907)</small>, Gooseberry sponge * ''Inflatella coelosphaeroides'' <small>(Koltun, 1964)</small> * ''Inflatella globosa'' <small>(Koltun, 1955)</small> * ''Inflatella pellicula'' <small>(Schmidt, 1875)</small> * ''Inflatella tubulosa'' <small>(Topsent, 1904)</small> * ''Inflatella viridis'' <small>(Topsent, 1890)</small>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Demospongiae Category:Sponge genera
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