Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980 
AphiaID: 131637

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Haplosclerina
Sources		original description: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1980. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (191): 1–173. [details] [full text] basis of record: Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. 2002. Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. 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: 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]		Genus Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Genus Cribrochalina Schmidt, 1870 Genus Dasychalina Ridley & Dendy, 1886 Genus Gelliodes Ridley, 1884 Genus Haliclonissa Burton, 1932 Genus Hemigellius Burton, 1932 Genus Microxina Topsent, 1916 Genus Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Genus Pachychalina Schmidt, 1868 Genus Calyxadocia de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Hemigellius Burton, 1932 Genus Hemihaliclona Burton, 1937 accepted as Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Genus Plumocolumetta de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Hemigellius Burton, 1932 Genus Sigmaxinyssa Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Microxina Topsent, 1916
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131637
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2005-07-27 15:04:39Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-11-05 18:27:09Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. 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=131637 on 2013-05-25