Halichondriidae


Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida.
These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Halichondriidae:Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897Ciocalapata Laubenfels, 1936Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862Cryptax de Laubenfels, 1954Epipolasis Laubenfels, 1936Halichondria Fleming, 1828Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858Johannesia Gerasimova, Erpenbeck & Plotkin, 2008Laminospongia Pulitzer-Finali, 1983Sarcomella Schmidt, 1868Spongosorites Topsent, 1896Topsentia Berg, 1899Vosmaeria Fristedt, 1885