Microcionidae

Microcionidae is a family of marine demosponges.[1]

Microcionidae
Holopsamma arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Carter, 1875
Genera

9, See text.

Synonyms
  • Acarniidae Laubenfels, 1936
  • Clathriidae Lendenfeld, 1884

Subdivisions

The following genera are recognized within the family Microcionidae:[2]

  • Subfamily Microcioninae Carter 1875
    • Clathria Schmidt, 1862
    • Echinochalina Thiele, 1903
    • Holopsamma Carter, 1885
    • Pandaros Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Subfamily Ophlitaspongiinae de Laubenfels, 1936

References
  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131641 accessed 17 November 2010
  2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167457 accessed 17 November 2010


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