Halichondriidae

Halichondriidae
Halichondria panicea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Halichondrida
Family: Halichondriidae
Gray, 1867[1]
Genera
  • Amorphinopsis
  • Axinyssa
  • Ciocalapata
  • Ciocalypta
  • Cryptax
  • Epipolasis
  • Halichondria
  • Hymeniacidon
  • Laminospongia
  • Spongosorites
  • Topsentia
  • Vosmaeria

Halichondriidae is a family of marine demosponges belonging to the order Halichondrida.[2][3] These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.

References

  1. 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.
  2. van Soest, R. (2014). R. W. M. Van Soest, N. Boury-Esnault, J. N. A. Hooper, K. Rützler, N. J. de Voogd, B. Alvarez de Glasby, E. Hajdu, A. B. Pisera, R. Manconi, C. Schoenberg, D. Janussen, K. R. Tabachnick, M. Klautau, B. Picton, M. Kelly & J. Vacelet, ed. "Halichondriidae Gray, 1867". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  3. A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species


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