Dysideidae Explained

Dysideidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.

Genera

• Citronia Cook & Bergquist, 2002^[1]
• Dysidea Johnston, 1842^[2]
• Euryspongia Row, 1911^[3]
• Lamellodysidea Cook & Bergquist, 2002^[1]
• Pleraplysilla Topsent, 1905^[4]

Notes and References

1. de Cook, S. C. & Bergquist, P. R. (2002). Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867. In Hooper, J., van Soest, R. & Willenz, P. (Eds.), Systema Porifera (pp. 1061–1066). Boston, MA: Springer.
2. Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars.
3. Row, R. W. H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M. A., B. Sc., F. Z. S. (Communicated, with an Introduction, by Prof. W. A. Herdman, D. Sc., F. R. S., F. L. S.) – XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904–5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 31(208), 287–400.
4. Topsent, E. (1905). Étude sur les Dendoceratida. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale, 4(3).