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Microcionidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Microcionidae

Higher classification
  
Poecilosclerida

Order
  
Poecilosclerida

Suborder
  
Microcionina

Phylum
  
Porifera

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Clathria, Sponge, Demosponge, Clathria (Clathria), Chalinidae

Microcionidae is a family of marine demosponges.

Subdivisions

The family is divided as follows:

  • Subfamily: Microcioninae Carter 1875

    • Genera in the subfamily include:

  • Clathria Schmidt, 1862
  • Echinochalina Thiele, 1903
  • Holopsamma Carter, 1885
  • Pandaros Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Subfamily: Ophlitaspongiinae de Laubenfels, 1936

    • Genera in the subfamily include:

  • Antho Gray, 1867
  • Artemisina Vosmaer, 1885
  • Echinoclathria Carter, 1885
  • Ophlitaspongia Bowerbank, 1866
  • Sigmeurypon Topsent, 1928

    • References

    Microcionidae Wikipedia
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