Petrosiidae 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 throug ...
s, first described in 1980 by
Rob van Soest which contains the following four genera:
* ''
Acanthostrongylophora''
Hooper, 1984
* ''
Neopetrosia''
de Laubenfels, 1949
* ''
Petrosia''
Vosmaer, 1885
* ''
Xestospongia''
de Laubenfels, 1932
References
Petrosina
Taxa named by Rob van Soest
Animals described in 1980
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