# Inflatella

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{{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 [demosponge](/source/demosponge)s in the family [Coelospharidae](/source/Coelosphaeridae).<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](/source/Sponge_spicule) (single axis spicules with similar ends) and no mircoscleres.<ref>[Uriz, María Jesús](/source/Maria_Jes%C3%BAs_Uriz) (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](/source/Inflatella_belli)'' <small>(Kirkpatrick, 1907)</small>, Gooseberry sponge
* ''[Inflatella coelosphaeroides](/source/Inflatella_coelosphaeroides)'' <small>(Koltun, 1964)</small>
* ''[Inflatella globosa](/source/Inflatella_globosa)'' <small>(Koltun, 1955)</small>
* ''[Inflatella pellicula](/source/Inflatella_pellicula)'' <small>(Schmidt, 1875)</small>
* ''[Inflatella tubulosa](/source/Inflatella_tubulosa)'' <small>(Topsent, 1904)</small>
* ''[Inflatella viridis](/source/Inflatella_viridis)'' <small>(Topsent, 1890)</small>

== References ==
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== External links==
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Category:Demospongiae
Category:Sponge genera

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