Euplectellidae

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Euplectellidae
Venus Flower Basket.jpg
Venus Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Lyssacinosida
Family: Euplectellidae
Gray, 1867[1]
Subfamilies
  • Tabachnick, 2002
  • Gray, 1872
  • Gray, 1867

Euplectellidae is a family of glass sponges (Hexactinellids) belonging to the order Lyssacinosa.

Taxonomy[]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the family includes the following subfamilies and genera:
Subfamily Tabachnick, 2002

  • Castello-Branco, Collins & Hajdu, 2020
  • Amphidiscella Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997
  • Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
  • Bolosoma Ijima, 1904
  • Schulze, 1886
  • Hyalostylus Schulze, 1886
  • Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004
  • Shen, Dohrmann, Zhang, Lu & Wang, 2019
  • Saccocalyx Schulze, 1896
  • Schulze, 1886
  • Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
  • Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997

Subfamily Gray, 1872

  • Tabachnick, 2002
  • Corbitella Gray, 1867
  • Schulze, 1896
  • Schulze, 1886
  • Schmidt, 1880
  • Gray, 1867
  • Tabachnick, 2002
  • Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
  • Tabachnick, 1990
  • Schmidt, 1880
  • Schmidt, 1880
  • Schulze, 1886

Subfamily Gray, 1867

  • Topsent, 1910
  • Schulze, 1904
  • Topsent, 1910
  • Euplectella Owen, 1841
  • Schulze, 1886
  • Schulze, 1886
  • Schulze, 1895

References[]

  1. ^ Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII

External links[]

  • Media related to Euplectellidae at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Euplectellidae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Euplectellidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
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