Halichondriidae
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| Halichondriidae | |
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| Halichondria panicea | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Suberitida |
| Family: | Halichondriidae Gray, 1867[1] |
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Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida.[2][3] These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.
Genera[edit]
The following genera are recognised in the family Halichondriidae:
- Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887
- Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897
- Ciocalapata Laubenfels, 1936
- Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862
- Cryptax de Laubenfels, 1954
- Epipolasis Laubenfels, 1936
- Halichondria Fleming, 1828
- Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858
- Johannesia Gerasimova, Erpenbeck & Plotkin, 2008
- Laminospongia Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
- Sarcomella Schmidt, 1868
- Spongosorites Topsent, 1896
- Topsentia Berg, 1899
- Vosmaeria Fristedt, 1885
References[edit]
- ^ Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ^ van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Halichondriidae Gray, 1867". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ^ A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species
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