Halichondriidae

Halichondriidae
	Halichondria panicea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Suberitida
Family:	Halichondriidae; Gray, 1867
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	List Ciocalyptidae Hentschel, 1923; Hymeniacidonidae Laubenfels, 1936; Stylotellinae Lendenfeld, 1888;

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

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

^ 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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2007-10-30.

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[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). 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.

[3] "A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2007-10-30.

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