Desmoxyidae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Desmoxyidae
Genus (1): Desmoxya

Name

Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1917

• Type genus: Desmoxya Hallmann, 1917.

Synonymy

• Desmoxyinae Hallmann, 1917: 673 [as subfamilia of Axinellidae]
• Desmoxyidae — Lévi, 1955 [elevate to familia]

References

Primary references

• Hallmann, E.F. [1916] 1917. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae; with descriptions of some Australian species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41(4): 634–675, pls XXIX–XXXVIII. BHL
• Lévi, C. 1955. Les Clavaxinellides, Démosponges Tétractinomorphes. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 92(Notes et Revue 2): 78–87.

Additional references

• Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1916. Pp. 755–772 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. 

• Morrow, C., Cárdenas, P., Boury-Esnault, N., Picton, B., McCormack, G., Van Soest, R., Collins, A., Redmond, N., Maggs, C., Sigwart, J. & Allcock, L.A. 2019. Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy with the revised concept of Stelligeridae (Porifera: Demospongiae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187(1): 31–81. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz017 Reference page. 

Links

• Desmoxyidae in the World Register of Marine Species