Latrunculiidae is a family of
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
Poecilosclerida
Poecilosclerida is an order of the demosponge class. It is the most speciose demosponge order with over 2200 species (World Porifera Database). It contains about 25 recognised families. They are characterised by having chelae microscleres, that i ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Bomba''
Kelly, Reiswig & Samaai, 2016
* ''
Cyclacanthia''
Samaai & Kelly, 2004
* ''
Latrunclava''
Kelly, Reiswig & Samaai, 2016
* ''
Latrunculia''
du Bocage, 1869
* ''
Sceptrella''
Schmidt, 1870
* ''
Strongylodesma''
Lévi, 1969
* ''Tsitsikamma''
Samaai & Kelly, 2002
References
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Poecilosclerida
Sponge families