Metaniidae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Metaniidae
Genera (5): Acalle – Corvomeyenia – Drulia – Houssayella – Metania

Name

Metaniidae Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1986: 493

• Type genus: Metania Gray, 1867, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Volkmer-Ribeiro, C. 1986. Evolutionary study of the freshwater sponge genus Metania Gray, 1867: III. Metaniidae, new family. Amazoniana 9(4): 493–509. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Volkmer-Riveiro, C. & Pauls, S. M. 2000. Esponjas de agua dulce (Porifera: Demospongiae) de Venezuela. Acta Biol. Venez. 20(1):1-28.
• Manconi, R. & Pronzato, R. 2002. Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).

Links

• Metaniidae in the World Register of Marine Species
• Metaniidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).