Microcionidae is a
family
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of marine
demosponge
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Subdivisions
The following genera are recognized within the family Microcionidae:
* Subfamily Microcioninae
Carter 1875
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Clathria
''Clathria'' is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae.
Taxonomy
''Clathria'' was first formally named in Eduard Oscar Schmidt's 1862 ''Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres'' ("The sponges of the Adriatic Sea"). The type speci ...
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Schmidt, 1862
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Echinochalina''
Thiele, 1903
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Holopsamma
''Holopsamma'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae.
The species of this genus are found in Australia and Central America.
Species:
*''Holopsamma arborea''
*''Holopsamma crassa''
*''Holopsamma elegans''
*''Holopsamma ...
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Carter, 1885
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Pandaros
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Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
* Subfamily Ophlitaspongiinae
de Laubenfels, 1936
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Antho
''Antho'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution
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Gray, 1867
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Artemisina
''Artemisina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
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Vosmaer, 1885
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Echinoclathria
''Echinoclathria'' is a genus of demosponge in the family Microcionidae
Microcionidae is a family of marine demosponge
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species o ...
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Carter, 1885
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Ophlitaspongia
''Ophlitaspongia'' is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. Many species formerly included in this genus have been moved to other genera such as ''Clathria'' and ''Echinoclathria
''Echinoclathria'' is a genus of demospo ...
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Bowerbank, 1866
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Sigmeurypon''
Topsent, 1928
References
Poecilosclerida
Sponge families
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