Microcionidae

Microcionidae
Holopsamma arborea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Microcionidae Carter, 1875
Genera
9, See text.
Synonyms
Acarniidae Laubenfels, 1936 Clathriidae Lendenfeld, 1884

Microcionidae is a family of marine demosponges.[1]

Subdivisions

The following genera are recognized within the family Microcionidae:[2]

• Subfamily Microcioninae Carter 1875
  • Clathria Schmidt, 1862
  • Echinochalina Thiele, 1903
  • Holopsamma Carter, 1885
  • Pandaros Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
• Subfamily Ophlitaspongiinae de Laubenfels, 1936
  • Antho Gray, 1867
  • Artemisina Vosmaer, 1885
  • Echinoclathria Carter, 1885
  • Ophlitaspongia Bowerbank, 1866
  • Sigmeurypon Topsent, 1928

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Microcionidae Carter, 1875". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Microcioninae Carter, 1875". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 17 November 2010.