Stelligeridae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Stelligeridae
Genera (6): Acanthoclada – Halicnemia – Higginsia – Paratimea – Plenaster – Stelligera

Name

Stelligeridae Lendenfeld, 1898: 43

• Type genus: Stelligera Gray, 1867.

References

Primary references

• Lendenfeld, R. von 1898. Die Clavulina der Adria. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 69: 1–251, pls I–XII. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889. Pp. 186–195 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.C., Picton, B.E., Erpenbeck, D., Boury-Esnault, N., Maggs, C.A. & Allcock, A.L. 2012. Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(1): 174–190. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016 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

• Stelligeridae in the World Register of Marine Species