Examples Of Sponge Genera For Each Canal Type

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Different sponge classes and genera are classic examples of these body plans.

Asconoid: This simple system is found in some sponges of the Class Calcarea.
- Genus: Leucosolenia (a simple, branching, tube-like sponge)
- Genus: Clathrina (a sponge that forms a lattice of interconnected tubes)
Syconoid: This intermediate system is also found in Class Calcarea.
- Genus: Sycon (often referred to as Scypha in textbooks)
- Genus: Grantia
Leuconoid: This complex system is found in all other classes (Hexactinellida, Demospongiae) and the majority of Calcarea. It is the most common and successful body plan.
- Genus: Spongilla (a common freshwater sponge, Class Demospongiae)
- Genus: Cliona (the "boring sponge" that excavates rock, Class Demospongiae)
- Genus: Euspongia (the commercial bath sponge, Class Demospongiae)