Chalinidae

Chalinidae is a family of marine demosponges,[1] containing the following genera:[1]

  • Chalinula Schmidt, 1868
  • Cladocroce Topsent, 1892
  • Dendrectilla Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
  • Dendroxea Griessinger, 1971
  • Haliclona Grant, 1836

Chalinidae
Haliclona permollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Chalinidae
Gray, 1867
Genera

See text

Synonyms
List
  • Adociidae Laubenfels, 1936
  • Gelliadae Gray, 1872
  • Gelliidae Gray, 1872
  • Gelliinae Gray, 1872
  • Haliclonidae de Laubenfels, 1932
  • Renieridae Schmidt, 1870
  • Renierinae Schmidt, 1870

Predators

An unidentified species from the family Chalinidae is a prey of the sea slug Tyrinna evelinae in Brazil.[2]

References
  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131636 accessed 25 November 2010
  2. Belmonte T., Alvim J., Padula V. & Muricy G. (2015). "Spongivory by nudibranchs on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil". Spixiana 38: 187–195. PDF.


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