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