Crella elegans

Crella elegans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Crellidae
Genus:	Crella
Subgenus:	Crella
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Crella elegans; (Schmidt, 1862)
Synonyms
	List Crella (Crella) elegans (Schmidt, 1862); Cribrella elegans Schmidt, 1862; Kowalewskyella gracilis Swartschewsky, 1905;

Crella elegans is a species of marine demosponges in the family Crellidae found in the Adriatic. It is the type species of its genus. It is the host of the ectoparasitic copepod Cryptopontius capitalis.

References edit

^ Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. page(s): 38

External links edit

Crella (Crella) elegans at World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

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[1] Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. page(s): 38

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