Aulocystidae is a family of
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 ...
belonging to the order
Lychniscosida
Lychniscosida is an order of sponges belonging to the class Hexactinellida.
Families:
* Aulocystidae
* Becksiidae
* Callodictyidae
* Callodictyonidae
* Calypterellidae
* Calyptrellidae
* Camerospongiidae
* Coeloptychidae
* Coeloscysphiida ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Adaverina''
Klaamann, 1969
* ''
Adetopora''
Sokolov, 1955
* ''
Aulostegites''
Lejeune & Pel, 1973
* ''
Cystitrypanopora''
Jia, 1977
* ''
Lychnocystis''
Reiswig, 2002
* ''
Neoaulocystis''
Zhuravleva, 1962
* ''
Pachyphragma''
Watkins, 1959
* ''
Plexituba''
Stainbrook, 1946
* ''
Pseudoromingeria''
Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
References
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Sponges