# Phakellia

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{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Phakellia 600.jpg
|image_caption =
|taxon = Phakellia
|authority = [Bowerbank](/source/James_Scott_Bowerbank), 1862
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 34 species (see text)
}}

'''''Phakellia''''' is a genus of [sponges](/source/sponges) belonging to the family [Bubaridae](/source/Bubaridae).<ref name=WoRMS/> The genus has a [cosmopolitan distribution](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution).<ref name="GBIF">{{cite GBIF |title=''Phakellia'' Bowerbank, 1862 |id=2240909 |access-date=9 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Species==
The genus contains the following species:<ref name=WoRMS/>
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* ''[Phakellia atypica](/source/Phakellia_atypica)'' <small>Lévi, 1961</small>
* ''[Phakellia bettinae](/source/Phakellia_bettinae)'' <small>Lehnert & van Soest, 1999</small>
* ''[Phakellia carduus](/source/Phakellia_carduus)'' <small>(Lamarck, 1814)</small>
* ''[Phakellia columnata](/source/Phakellia_columnata)'' <small>(Burton, 1928)</small>
* ''[Phakellia connexiva](/source/Phakellia_connexiva)'' <small>Ridley & Dendy, 1887</small>
* ''[Phakellia crassistylifera](/source/Phakellia_crassistylifera)'' <small>Dendy, 1905</small>
* ''[Phakellia crateriformis](/source/Phakellia_crateriformis)'' <small>(Pallas, 1766)</small>
* ''[Phakellia dalli](/source/Phakellia_dalli)'' <small>Lambe, 1895</small>
* ''[Phakellia elegans](/source/Phakellia_elegans)'' <small>Thiele, 1898</small>
* ''[Phakellia flabellata](/source/Phakellia_flabellata)'' <small>Carter, 1885</small>
* ''[Phakellia foliacea](/source/Phakellia_foliacea)'' <small>Thiele, 1898</small>
* ''[Phakellia folium](/source/Phakellia_folium)'' <small>Schmidt, 1870</small>
* ''[Phakellia fusca](/source/Phakellia_fusca)'' <small>Thiele, 1898</small>
* ''[Phakellia hirondellei](/source/Phakellia_hirondellei)'' <small>Topsent, 1890</small>
* ''[Phakellia hooperi](/source/Phakellia_hooperi)'' <small>Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997</small>
* ''[Phakellia izuensis](/source/Phakellia_izuensis)'' <small>Tanita & Hoshino, 1989</small>
* ''[Phakellia labellum](/source/Phakellia_labellum)'' <small>(Lamarck, 1814)</small>
* ''[Phakellia lambei](/source/Phakellia_lambei)'' <small>Topsent, 1913</small>
* ''[Phakellia lamelligera](/source/Phakellia_lamelligera)'' <small>Wilson, 1904</small>
* ''[Phakellia multiformis](/source/Phakellia_multiformis)'' <small>Whitelegge, 1907</small>
* ''[Phakellia palmata](/source/Phakellia_palmata)'' <small>Row, 1911</small>
* ''[Phakellia paupera](/source/Phakellia_paupera)'' <small>Thiele, 1898</small>
* ''[Phakellia perforata](/source/Phakellia_perforata)'' <small>Thiele, 1898</small>
* ''[Phakellia pygmaea](/source/Phakellia_pygmaea)'' <small>Thiele, 1898</small>
* ''[Phakellia radiata](/source/Phakellia_radiata)'' <small>(Dendy, 1916)</small>
* ''[Phakellia robusta](/source/Phakellia_robusta)'' <small>Bowerbank, 1866</small>
* ''[Phakellia rubra](/source/Phakellia_rubra)'' <small>Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019</small>
* ''[Phakellia stelliderma](/source/Phakellia_stelliderma)'' <small>Lévi & Lévi, 1989</small>
* ''[Phakellia stipitata](/source/Phakellia_stipitata)'' <small>(Carter, 1881)</small>
* ''[Phakellia stuartridleyi](/source/Phakellia_stuartridleyi)'' <small>Van Soest & Hooper, 2020</small>
* ''[Phakellia sur](/source/Phakellia_sur)'' <small>Carvalho, Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Hajdu, 2007</small>
* ''[Phakellia symmetrica](/source/Phakellia_symmetrica)'' <small>Dendy, 1905</small>
* ''[Phakellia tropicalis](/source/Phakellia_tropicalis)'' <small>Alvarez & Hooper, 2009</small>
* ''[Phakellia ventilabrum](/source/Phakellia_ventilabrum)'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Phakellia'' Bowerbank, 1862 |year=2022 |id=131779 |db=Porifera |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

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Category:Heteroscleromorpha
Category:Sponge genera
Category:Taxa named by James Scott Bowerbank
Category:Taxa described in 1862

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