Euplectellidae is a family of glass sponges (Hexactinellids) belonging to the order

Lyssacinosa Lyssacinosida is an order of glass sponges belonging to the subclass Hexasterophora. These sponges can be recognized by the parenchymal spicule Spicules are any of various small needle-like anatomical structures occurring in organisms Spicule ...

, first represented in the Ordovician fossil record, substantially older than molecular estimates of the clade's age.

Taxonomies

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the family includes the following subfamilies and genera:
Subfamily Bolosominae Tabachnick, 2002 * '' Advhena'' Castello-Branco, Collins & Hajdu, 2020 * '' Amphidiscella'' Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997 * '' Amphoreus'' Reiswig & Kelly, 2018 * '' Bolosoma'' Ijima, 1904 * '' Caulocalyx'' Schulze, 1886 * '' Hyalostylus'' Schulze, 1886 * '' Neocaledoniella'' Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004 * '' Rhizophyta'' Shen, Dohrmann, Zhang, Lu & Wang, 2019 * '' Saccocalyx'' Schulze, 1896 * '' Trachycaulus'' Schulze, 1886 * '' Trychella'' Reiswig & Kelly, 2018 * '' Vityaziella'' Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997 Subfamily Corbitellinae Gray, 1872 * '' Atlantisella'' Tabachnick, 2002 * '' Corbitella'' Gray, 1867 * '' Dictyaulus'' Schulze, 1896 * '' Dictyocalyx'' Schulze, 1886 * '' Hertwigia'' Schmidt, 1880 * '' Heterotella'' Gray, 1867 * '' Ijimaiella'' Tabachnick, 2002 * '' Plumicoma'' Reiswig & Kelly, 2018 * '' Pseudoplectella'' Tabachnick, 1990 * '' Regadrella'' Schmidt, 1880 * '' Rhabdopectella'' Schmidt, 1880 * '' Walteria'' Schulze, 1886 Subfamily Euplectellinae Gray, 1867 * '' Acoelocalyx'' Topsent, 1910 * '' Chaunangium'' Schulze, 1904 * '' Docosaccus'' Topsent, 1910 * '' Euplectella'' Owen, 1841 * '' Holascus'' Schulze, 1886 * '' Malacosaccus'' Schulze, 1886 * '' Placopegma'' Schulze, 1895

References

External links

* * * Hexactinellida Sponge families Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{sponge-stub