Aphrocallistidae

Aphrocallistes beatrix

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sceptrulophora
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Hexactinellida Subclassis: Hexasterophora Ordo: Sceptrulophora

Familia: Aphrocallistidae
Genera (2): Aphrocallistes – Heterochone

Name

• Aphrocallistidae Gray, 1867

References

• Gray, J.E. 1867a: 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.
• Reiswig, H.M. & Kelly, M. 2011. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Hexasterophoran Glass Sponges of New Zealand (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Hexasterophora): Orders Hexactinosida, Aulocalycoida and Lychniscosida. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 124: 1–146. ISBN 978-0-478-23292-9 Reference page. 

Links

• Paleobiology Database
• van Soest, R. (2011). Aphrocallistidae. In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131686 on 2011-10-29

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