Ancorinidae

Ancorinidae
Rhabdastrella globostellata, a member of the genus Rhabdastrella in the family of Ancorinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Astrophorida
Family:	Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870[1]
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Coppatiidae Topsent, 1898

The Ancorinidae are a family of marine sponges belonging to the order of Astrophorida.^[2]

Genera

• Ancorina Schmidt, 1862
• Asteropus Sollas, 1888
• Cryptosyringa Vacelet, 1979
• Disyringa Sollas, 1888
• Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862
• Holoxea Topsent, 1892
• Jaspis Gray, 1867
• Melophlus Thiele, 1899
• Penares Gray, 1867
• Psammastra Sollas, 1886
• Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903^[3]
• Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
• Stryphnus Sollas, 1886
• Tethyopsis Stewart, 1870
• Tribrachium Weltner, 1882

References

1. ^ Schmidt, Oscar (1870) (in German). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes [Outlines of a Sponge Fauna of the Atlantic Area]. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. OCLC 18178014. http://books.google.com/books?id=yPZaAAAAQAAJ. 
2. ^ Van Soest, R.W.M. (2011). "Ancorinidae". World Porifera database. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131662. Retrieved 2011-10-08. 
3. ^ Thiele, Johannes (1903). "Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II." (in German). Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft (Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft) 25: 933–968, pl. XVIII.. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81364#page/959/mode/1up.