- Halichondriidae
Taxobox
image_width = 250px
image_caption =Halichondria panicea
name = Halichondriidae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Porifera
classis =Demospongiae
ordo =Halichondrida
familia = Halichondriidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1867
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Amorphinopsis "
"Axinyssa "
"Ciocalapata "
"Ciocalypta "
"Cryptax "
"Epipolasis "
"Halichondria "
"Hymeniacidon "
"Laminospongia "
"Spongosorites
"Topsentia "
"Vosmaeria "Halichondriidae is a family of marine
demosponge s belonging to the orderHalichondrida . These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles ofspicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.References
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131633 Taxon page in World Porifera Database]
* [http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/pdf/57/sm57n4283.pdf A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species]
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