Halichondriidae is a family of
sea sponge
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 t ...
s belonging to the order
Suberitida
Suberitida is an order of sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.
Families:
* Halichondriidae
* Stylocordylidae
* Suberitidae
References
Heteroscleromorpha
Sponge orders
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A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species
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These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicule
Spicules are any of various small needle-like anatomical structures occurring in organisms
Spicule may also refer to:
*Spicule (sponge), small skeletal elements of sea sponges
*Spicule (nematode), reproductive structures found in male nematodes ( ...
s 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
''Halichondria'' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae.
These are massive, amorphous sponges with clearly separated inner and outer skeletons consisting of bundles of spicules arranged in a seemingly random pattern.
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'' 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
Halichondrida
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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