Callyspongiidae

Callyspongia siphonella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Haplosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Haplosclerida

Family: Callyspongiidae
Genera (4): Arenosclera – Callyspongia – Dactylia – Siphonochalina

Name

Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936: 55

• Type genus: Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Cavochalinidae Carter, 1875 [nomen nudum fide Article 11.7.1.1 (ICZN)]
• Tubulodigitidae Carter, 1875 [nomen nudum fide Article 11.7.1.1 (ICZN)]

References

Primary references

• Laubenfels, M.W. de. 1936. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30): 1–225, pls. 1–22. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. & Valentine, C. 2002. Family Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. Pp. 835–851 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.). Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Callyspongiidae in the World Register of Marine Species

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