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Euplectellidae Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 131692

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Lyssacinosida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Lyssacinosida
Sources  original description: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Tabachnick, K. 2002. Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1388-1434. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Bolosominae Tabachnick, 2002
  » Genus Amphidiscella Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997
» Genus Bolosoma Ijima, 1904
» Genus Caulocalyx Schulze, 1886
» Genus Hyalostylus Schulze, 1886
» Genus Neocaledoniella Tabachnick & Levi, 2004
» Genus Saccocalyx Schulze, 1896
» Genus Trachycaulus Schulze, 1886
» Genus Vityaziella Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997
» Genus Caledoniella Tabachnick & Lévi, 2002 accepted as Neocaledoniella Tabachnick & Levi, 2004
» Genus Nubicaulus Reiswig, 1999 accepted as Saccocalyx Schulze, 1896
» Genus Placosoma Ijima, 1903 accepted as Bolosoma Ijima, 1904
Subfamily Corbitellinae Gray, 1872
  » Genus Atlantisella Tabachnick, 2002
» Genus Corbitella Gray, 1867
» Genus Dictyaulus Schulze, 1896
» Genus Dictyocalyx Schulze, 1886
» Genus Hertwigia Schmidt, 1880
» Genus Heterotella Gray, 1867
» Genus Ijimaiella Tabachnick, 2002
» Genus Pseudoplectella Tabachnick, 1990
» Genus Regadrella Schmidt, 1880
» Genus Rhabdopectella Schmidt, 1880
» Genus Symplectella Dendy, 1924
» Genus Walteria Schulze, 1886
» Genus Alcyoncellum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Corbitella Gray, 1867
» Genus Eudictyon Marshall, 1875 accepted as Corbitella Gray, 1867
» Genus Eudictyum Marshall, 1875 accepted as Corbitella Gray, 1867
» Genus Habrodictyon Thomson, 1868 accepted as Corbitella Gray, 1867
» Genus Habrodictyum Schulze, 1887 accepted as Corbitella Gray, 1867
» Genus Rhabdoplectella accepted as Rhabdopectella Schmidt, 1880
» Genus Rhabdoplegma Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Rhabdopectella Schmidt, 1880
» Genus Taegeria Schulze, 1886 accepted as Corbitella Gray, 1867
Subfamily Euplectellinae Gray, 1867
  » Genus Acoelocalyx Topsent, 1910
» Genus Chaunangium Schulze, 1904
» Genus Docosaccus Topsent, 1910
» Genus Euplectella Owen, 1841
» Genus Holascus Schulze, 1886
» Genus Malacosaccus Schulze, 1886
» Genus Placopegma Schulze, 1895
» Genus Holascella Lendenfeld, 1915 accepted as Holascus Schulze, 1886
» Genus Placoplegma Schulze, 1895 accepted as Placopegma Schulze, 1895
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131692
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-07-26 12:02:34Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-10-19 14:57:55Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Euplectellidae. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131692 on 2013-06-19
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