Farreidae

Farreidae is a family of glass sponges in the order Sceptrulophora.

Farreidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
Farrea occa, in the family Farreidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Sceptrulophora
Family: Farreidae
Gray, 1867[1]

Taxonomy

Genera in this family include:

References

  1. Gray, J.E. (1872). Notes on the Classification of the Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 9(54): 442-461.
  2. Duplessis, K.; Reiswig, H.M. (2004). Three new species and a new genus of Farreidae (Porifera: Hexasterophora: Hexactinosida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 117 (2): 199-212.
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  3. Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. In Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
  4. Schulze, F.E. (1899). Amerikanische Hexactinelliden, nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. (Fischer: Jena): 1-126, pls I-XIX.
    page(s): 76
  5. Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
    page(s): 1118
  6. Ijima, I. (1927). The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. Pp. i-viii, 1-383, pls I-XXVI. in: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899- 1900 aan boord H.M. 'Siboga' onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydemann. 106 (Monographie VI) (E.J. Brill, Leiden).
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