| Euplectellidae Temporal range: 444 – 0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Venus Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Hexactinellida |
| Order: | Lyssacinosida |
| Family: | Euplectellidae Gray, 1867 |
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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.
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
- ^ 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". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- "Euplectellidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
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