Halichondriidae Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 131633

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Halichondrida
Synonymised taxa		Hymeniacidonidae de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)
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: Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. 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). [details] [full text] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887 Genus Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 Genus Ciocalapata de Laubenfels, 1936 Genus Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 Genus Cryptax de Laubenfels, 1954 Genus Epipolasis de Laubenfels, 1936 Genus Halichondria Fleming, 1828 Genus Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 Genus Johannesia Gerasimova, Erpenbeck & Plotkin, 2008 Genus Laminospongia Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 Genus Sarcomella Schmidt, 1868 Genus Spongosorites Topsent, 1896 Genus Topsentia Berg, 1899 Genus Uritaia Burton, 1932 Genus Vosmaeria Fristedt, 1885 Genus Amorphilla Thiele, 1898 accepted as Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 Genus Amorphina Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Anisoxya Topsent, 1898 accepted as Topsentia Berg, 1899 Genus Apathospongia Delage & Hérouard, 1899 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Apatospongia Marshall, 1892 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Aponastra Topsent, 1927 accepted as Spongosorites Topsent, 1896 Genus Astromimus Lendenfeld, 1898 accepted as Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 Genus Axinomimus de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 Genus Callites Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Topsentia Berg, 1899 Genus Cioxeamastia de Laubenfels, 1942 accepted as Halichondria (Eumastia) Schmidt, 1870 Genus Coelocalypta Topsent, 1928 accepted as Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 Genus Collocalypta Dendy, 1905 accepted as Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 Genus Eumastia Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Eumastia) Schmidt, 1870 Genus Halichondriella Burton, 1931 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Halina de Blainville, 1930 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Leucophloeus Carter, 1883 accepted as Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 Genus Menanetia Topsent, 1896 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Nailondria de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887 Genus Oxeosarcodea de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 Genus Oxeostilon Ferrer-Hernandez, 1923 accepted as Spongosorites Topsent, 1896 Genus Pellina Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Prostylissa Topsent, 1925 accepted as Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887 Genus Pseudaxinyssa Burton, 1931 accepted as Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 Genus Pseudohymeniacidon Carballo, 2001 accepted as Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 Genus Raspaigella Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Rhaphidostyla Burton, 1935 accepted as Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 Genus Rhaphoxiella Burton, 1934 accepted as Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 Genus Seriatula Gray, 1867 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Spuma Miklucho-Maclay, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Eumastia) Schmidt, 1870 Genus Stylinos Topsent, 1891 accepted as Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 Genus Stylohalina Kirk, 1909 accepted as Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 Genus Stylotella Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 Genus Tedanione Wilson, 1894 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Thieleia Burton, 1932 accepted as Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 Genus Trachyopsilla Burton, 1931 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 Genus Trachyopsis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Topsentia Berg, 1899 Genus Tumata de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887 Genus Viles de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Topsentia Berg, 1899
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
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LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131633
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2006-01-18 19:06:18Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2007-08-24 14:11:24Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondriidae. 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131633 on 2013-05-18