Aphrocallistidae is a family of

hexactinellid Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed siliceous spicules, often referred to as glass sponges. They are usually classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consi ...

sponges Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through ...

in the order

Sceptrulophora Sceptrulophora (from Ancient Greek, σκῆπτρον, ''skêptron'' - "sceptre" and -φόρος, ''-phóros'' - "bearing") is an order of hexactinellid sponges, commonly known as Glass sponges, characterized by sceptrule spicules, that is, "micr ...

Genera

There are two genera in Aphrocallistidae. * Aphrocallistes Gray, 1858Gray, J.E. (1858). On Aphrocallistes, a New Genus of Spongiadae from Malacca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 114-115, pl. XI. page(s): 114-115 * Heterochone Ijima, 1927Ijima, I. (1927). The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. Pp. i-viii, 1-383, pls I-XXVI. ''in: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899- 1900 aan boord H.M. 'Siboga' onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydemann. 106 (Monographie VI) (E.J. Brill, Leiden).''

References

External links

* http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/j/view/0000753 Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) Hexactinellida Sponge families {{Poriferan-stub