Halisarcidae is a family of

sea 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 ...

within the order

Chondrillida Chondrosiida is an order of sea sponges within the subclass Verongimorpha Verongimorpha is the name of a subclass of sea sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister ...

. Members of the family are characterised by having long tubular, branched choanocyte chambers; they have no

spicules 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 ( ...

which makes it difficult to determine the group's affinities with other sponge families. Halisarcidae is a monogeneric family, the only genus being ''Halisarca''.Vacelet, J.; Donadey, C. (1987). A new species of ''Halisarca'' (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Caribbean, with remarks on the cytology and affinities of the genus. In: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station. 1, 5-12.

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