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Niphatidae  Van Soest, 1980
Taxonomic Serial No.: 659185

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumPorifera Grant, 1836 – sponges, éponges, esponja, porifero  
       ClassDemospongiae Sollas, 1885  
          OrderHaplosclerida Topsent, 1928  
             SuborderHaplosclerina Topsent, 1928  
                FamilyNiphatidae Van Soest, 1980  
    Direct Children:  
                   GenusAmphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864  
                   GenusCribrochalina Schmidt, 1870  
                   GenusDasychalina Ridley & Dendy, 1886  
                   GenusGelliodes Ridley, 1884  
                   GenusHaliclonissa Burton, 1932  
                   GenusHemigellius Burton, 1932  
                   GenusMicroxina Topsent, 1916  
                   GenusNiphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864  
                   GenusPachychalina Schmidt, 1868  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2002   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges   
  Page(s): xlviii + 1708   
  Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-306-47260-0   
  Notes: Published in two volumes: Volume 1 - Introductions and Demospongiae; Volume 2 - Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Sphinctozoa, Archaeocyatha, unrecognizable taxa, and Index of higher taxa   
  Reference for: Niphatidae   
       

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