Tedaniidae is a family of
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 ...
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:
* ''
Hemitedania''
Hallmann, 1914
* ''
Strongylamma''
Hallmann, 1917
* ''
Tedania
''Tedania'' is a genus of sea sponges in the family Tedaniidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tedania:
* Subgenus ''Tedania (Stylotedania)'' Van Soest, 2017
** ''Tedania folium'' Van Soest, 2017
* Subgenus ''Tedania ...
''
Gray, 1867
* ''
Trachytedania''
Ridley, 1881
References
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Sponge families