Halichondriidae

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Halichondriidae
Halichondria panicea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Halichondrida Family: Halichondriidae Gray, 1867
Genera
Amorphinopsis Axinyssa Ciocalapata Ciocalypta Cryptax Epipolasis Halichondria Hymeniacidon Laminospongia Spongosorites Topsentia Vosmaeria

Halichondriidae is a family of marine demosponges belonging to the order Halichondrida. These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.

[edit] References

• Taxon page in World Porifera Database
• A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species