Scopalinidae Morrow, Picton, Erpenbeck, Boury-Esnault, Maggs & Allcock, 2012 
AphiaID: 598620

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Halichondrida
Source		original description: Morrow, C.C., Picton, B.E., Erpenbeck, D., Boury-Esnault, N., Maggs, C.A. & Allcock, A.L. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62, 174-190, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Scopalina Schmidt, 1862 Genus Svenzea Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 2002
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Note		In the molecular trees produced by Morrow et al. (2012) species of the genera Scopalina and Svenzea, assigned to the family Dictyonellidae in the Systema Porifera, come out as a monophyletic group distant from other dictyonellid genera and distant from all other G4 groups. For the time being we assign this family to the (likely polyphyletic) order Halichondrida until the G4 group is sufficiently resolved to rearrange the families. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598620
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2012-05-27 11:32:30Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2012-08-16 13:22:45Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2012-09-03 11:15:31Z   changed   Picton, Bernard
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		Citation: Picton, B.; van Soest, R. (2013). Scopalinidae Morrow, Picton, Erpenbeck, Boury-Esnault, Maggs & Allcock, 2012. 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=598620 on 2013-05-24