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Halichondriidae

Synonyms: Ciocalyptidae; Halichondridae; Hymeniacidonidae

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Genus

Amorphinopsis (18)
Axinyssa (28)
Ciocalapata (3)
Ciocalypta (29)
Cryptax (1)
Epipolasis (5)
Halichondria (101)
Hymeniacidon (58)
Johannesia (1)
Laminospongia (1)
Sarcomella (1)
Spongosorites (24)
Topsentia (36)
Vosmaeria (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0