Halichondriidae

Taxobox


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Halichondria panicea
name = Halichondriidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Porifera
classis = Demospongiae
ordo = Halichondrida
familia = Halichondriidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1867
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Amorphinopsis"
"Axinyssa"
"Ciocalapata"
"Ciocalypta"
"Cryptax"
"Epipolasis"
"Halichondria"
"Hymeniacidon"
"Laminospongia"
"Spongosorites
"Topsentia"
"Vosmaeria"

Halichondriidae is a family of marine demosponges belonging to the order Halichondrida. These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.

References

* [http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131633 Taxon page in World Porifera Database]
* [http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/pdf/57/sm57n4283.pdf A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species]