Euplectellidae
Family of sponges
| Euplectellidae Temporal range: 444 – 0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Venus Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Hexactinellida |
| Order: | Lyssacinosida |
| Family: | Euplectellidae Gray, 1867[2] |
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Euplectellidae is a family of glass sponges (Hexactinellids) belonging to the order Lyssacinosa, first represented in the Ordovician fossil record, substantially older than molecular estimates of the clade's age.[1]
Taxonomies
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the family includes the following subfamilies and genera:
Subfamily Bolosominae Tabachnick, 2002
- Advhena Castello-Branco, Collins & Hajdu, 2020
- Amphidiscella Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997
- Amphoreus Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
- Bolosoma Ijima, 1904
- Caulocalyx Schulze, 1886
- Hyalostylus Schulze, 1886
- Neocaledoniella Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004
- Rhizophyta Shen, Dohrmann, Zhang, Lu & Wang, 2019
- Saccocalyx Schulze, 1896
- Trachycaulus Schulze, 1886
- Trychella Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
- Vityaziella Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997
Subfamily Corbitellinae Gray, 1872
- Atlantisella Tabachnick, 2002
- Corbitella Gray, 1867
- Dictyaulus Schulze, 1896
- Dictyocalyx Schulze, 1886
- Hertwigia Schmidt, 1880
- Heterotella Gray, 1867
- Ijimaiella Tabachnick, 2002
- Plumicoma Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
- Pseudoplectella Tabachnick, 1990
- Regadrella Schmidt, 1880
- Rhabdopectella Schmidt, 1880
- Walteria Schulze, 1886
Subfamily Euplectellinae Gray, 1867
- Acoelocalyx Topsent, 1910
- Chaunangium Schulze, 1904
- Docosaccus Topsent, 1910
- Euplectella Owen, 1841
- Holascus Schulze, 1886
- Malacosaccus Schulze, 1886
- Placopegma Schulze, 1895
References
- ^ a b Botting, J. P.; Janussen, D.; Muir, L. A.; Dohrmann, M.; Ma, J.; Zhang, Y. (March 2022). "Extraordinarily early Venus' flower basket sponges (Hexactinellida, Euplectellidae) from the uppermost Ordovician Anji Biota, China". Palaeontology. 65 (2). doi:10.1111/PALA.12592. ISSN 0031-0239. Wikidata Q111529763.
- ^ Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII
External links
Media related to Euplectellidae at Wikimedia Commons- "Euplectellidae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Euplectellidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
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