WoRMS taxon details
Hexactinellida
Hyalospongiae · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subclass Amphidiscophora
- Subclass Hexasterophora
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Hexactinellida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22612 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details]
original description (of Hyalospongiae) Claus, C. (1872). Grundzüge der Zoologie. Zum Gebrauche an Universitäten und höheren Lehranstalten sowie zum Selbststudium (zweite vermehrte Auflage) [Fundamentals of Zoology. For use in universities and higher educational institutions as well as for self-study (second enlarged edition)]. <em>N.G. Elwert'sche Universitäts-Buchhandlung, Marburg und Leipzig.</em> 1-1170. [Annelida 340-388; Copepoda 409-432]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/905258
page(s): 153 [details]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. pp 1201-1202 <i>In</i> 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. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. pp 1201-1210. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Hyalospongiae) Claus, C. (1872). Grundzüge der Zoologie. Zum Gebrauche an Universitäten und höheren Lehranstalten sowie zum Selbststudium (zweite vermehrte Auflage) [Fundamentals of Zoology. For use in universities and higher educational institutions as well as for self-study (second enlarged edition)]. <em>N.G. Elwert'sche Universitäts-Buchhandlung, Marburg und Leipzig.</em> 1-1170. [Annelida 340-388; Copepoda 409-432]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/905258
page(s): 153 [details]
basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. pp 1201-1202 <i>In</i> 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. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. pp 1201-1210. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS)
Reiswig, H.M.; Araya, J.F. (2014). A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of <em>Caulophacus</em> Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889 (3): 414., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03889p428f.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dohrmann, M.; Kelley, C.; Kelly, M.; Pisera, A.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Reiswig, H.M. (2017). An integrative systematic framework helps to reconstruct skeletal evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Frontiers in Zoology.</em> 14: 18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0191-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dohrmann, M. (2019). Progress in glass sponge phylogenetics: a comment on Kersken et al. (2018). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 843: 51-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3708-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Botting, J. P.; Zhang, Y.; Muir, L. A. (2017). Discovery of missing link between demosponges and hexactinellids confirms palaeontological model of sponge evolution. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1)., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05604-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dohrmann, M.; Reiswig, H.M.; Kelly, M.; Mills, S.; Schätzle, S.; Reverter, M.; Niesse, N.; Rohde, S.; Schupp, P.; Wörheide, G. (2023). Expanded sampling of New Zealand glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) provides new insights into biodiversity, chemodiversity, and phylogeny of the class. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e15017., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/15017/ [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Leys S.P., Mackie G.O., Reiswig H.M. (2007). The biology of glass sponges. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 52: 1-145. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dohrmann, M.; Kelley, C.; Kelly, M.; Pisera, A.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Reiswig, H.M. (2017). An integrative systematic framework helps to reconstruct skeletal evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Frontiers in Zoology.</em> 14: 18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0191-3 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dohrmann, M. (2019). Progress in glass sponge phylogenetics: a comment on Kersken et al. (2018). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 843: 51-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3708-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Botting, J. P.; Zhang, Y.; Muir, L. A. (2017). Discovery of missing link between demosponges and hexactinellids confirms palaeontological model of sponge evolution. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1)., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05604-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dohrmann, M.; Reiswig, H.M.; Kelly, M.; Mills, S.; Schätzle, S.; Reverter, M.; Niesse, N.; Rohde, S.; Schupp, P.; Wörheide, G. (2023). Expanded sampling of New Zealand glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) provides new insights into biodiversity, chemodiversity, and phylogeny of the class. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e15017., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/15017/ [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Leys S.P., Mackie G.O., Reiswig H.M. (2007). The biology of glass sponges. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 52: 1-145. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | hexactinellid spongesglass sponges | [details] |
| German | HexactinellidenGlasschwämme | [details] |
| Japanese | 六放海綿綱 | [details] |
