Euplectellidae

Euplectellidae; Temporal range: 444 – 0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Venus Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Hexactinellida
Order:	Lyssacinosida
Family:	Euplectellidae; Gray, 1867
Subfamilies
	Bolosominae Tabachnick, 2002; Corbitellinae Gray, 1872; Euplectellinae Gray, 1867;

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.^[1]

Taxonomies[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b 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[edit]

Media related to Euplectellidae at Wikimedia Commons
"Euplectellidae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
"Euplectellidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.

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[Botting-1] 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.

[2] 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

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