AfReMaS taxon details
Halichondriidae Gray, 1867
- Genus Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887
- Genus Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897
- Genus Ciocalapata de Laubenfels, 1936
- Genus Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862
- Genus Epipolasis de Laubenfels, 1936
- Genus Halichondria Fleming, 1828
- Genus Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858
- Genus Laminospongia Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
- Genus Sarcomella Schmidt, 1868
- Genus Spongosorites Topsent, 1896
- Genus Topsentia Berg, 1899
- Genus Amorphina Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 (preoccupied and junior synonym)
- Genus Aponastra Topsent, 1927 accepted as Spongosorites Topsent, 1896 (junior synonym)
- Genus Callites Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Topsentia Berg, 1899 (unused name of uncertain identity)
- Genus Coelocalypta Topsent, 1928 accepted as Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
- Genus Halina de Blainville, 1830 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 (junior synonym)
- Genus Leucophloeus Carter, 1883 accepted as Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
- Genus Pellina Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 (junior synonym)
- Genus Prostylissa Topsent, 1925 accepted as Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887 (junior synonym)
- Genus Pseudaxinyssa Burton, 1931 accepted as Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 (junior synonym)
- Genus Raspaigella Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 (junior synonym)
- Genus Stylotella Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858 (junior synonym)
- Genus Tedanione Wilson, 1894 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828 (junior synonym)
- Genus Trachyopsis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Topsentia Berg, 1899 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [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. Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131633 on 2025-05-07
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131633 on 2025-05-07
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Gerasimova, E.; Erpenbeck, D.; Plotkin, A. (2008). <i>Vosmaeria</i> Fristedt, 1885 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondriidae): revision of species, phylogenetic reconstruction and evidence for split. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1694: 1-37. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Gerasimova, E.; Erpenbeck, D.; Plotkin, A. (2008). <i>Vosmaeria</i> Fristedt, 1885 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondriidae): revision of species, phylogenetic reconstruction and evidence for split. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1694: 1-37. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. <em>In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii.</em> ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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