Halichondriidae Explained

Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida.^{[1] [2]} These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Halichondriidae:

• Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887
• Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897
• Ciocalapata Laubenfels, 1936
• Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862
• Cryptax de Laubenfels, 1954
• Epipolasis Laubenfels, 1936
• Halichondria Fleming, 1828
• Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858
• Johannesia Gerasimova, Erpenbeck & Plotkin, 2008
• Laminospongia Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
• Sarcomella Schmidt, 1868
• Spongosorites Topsent, 1896
• Topsentia Berg, 1899
• Vosmaeria Fristedt, 1885

Notes and References

1. van Soest, R.. 2014. Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. 131633. 2014-04-30. porifera.
2. Web site: A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species . 2007-10-30 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033137/http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/pdf/57/sm57n4283.pdf . dead .