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Niphates (sponge)

Niphates is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Niphatidae. It is native to the Florida Keys, The Bahamas, and the Caribbean including the Netherlands Antilles, as well as seas around China and St. Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.

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Niphates
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Niphatidae
Genus: Niphates
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Synonyms1
  • Nyphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Niphates is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Niphatidae.23 It is native to the Florida Keys, The Bahamas, and the Caribbean including the Netherlands Antilles, as well as seas around China4 and St. Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.5

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  1. "Niphates". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. "World Porifera Database - Species - Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  3. "World Porifera Database - Species". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  4. Schram, Frederick R. (2010-05-01). "Checklist of Marine Biota of China Seas". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 30 (2): 339. doi:10.1651/09-3228.1. ISSN 0278-0372.
  5. Paul, Sulav Indra; Rahman, Md. Mahbubur; Salam, Mohammad Abdus; Khan, Md. Arifur Rahman; Islam, Md. Tofazzal (2021-12-15). "Identification of marine sponge-associated bacteria of the Saint Martin's island of the Bay of Bengal emphasizing on the prevention of motile Aeromonas septicemia in Labeo rohita". Aquaculture. 545 737156. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737156. ISSN 0044-8486.