Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980 
AphiaID: 131638

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Petrosina
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 Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. 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 Acanthostrongylophora Hooper, 1984 Genus Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949 Genus Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885 Genus Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932 Genus Chalinohaphis accepted as Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885 Genus Chalinorhaphis Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885 Genus Densa de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949 Genus Pharetronema Sollas, 1879 accepted as Cribrochalina Schmidt, 1870 Genus Quepanetsal de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932 Genus Rayneria Nardo, 1833 accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885 Genus Schmidtia Balsamo Crivelli, 1863 accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885 Genus Strongylophora Dendy, 1905 accepted as Petrosia (Strongylophora) Dendy, 1905
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131638
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2005-04-03 15:15:02Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2005-07-27 15:04:39Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2010-05-31 13:43:21Z   checked   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Petrosiidae. 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=131638 on 2013-05-23