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Hymedesmiidae  Topsent, 1928
Taxonomic Serial No.: 48301

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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  
    SubkingdomRadiata   
       PhylumPorifera Grant, 1836 – sponges, éponges, esponja, porifero  
          ClassDemospongiae Sollas, 1885  
             OrderPoecilosclerida Topsent, 1928  
                SuborderMyxillina Hajdu, Van Soest & Hooper, 1994  
                   FamilyHymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928  
    Direct Children:  
                      GenusAcanthancora Topsent, 1927  
                      GenusHamigera Gray, 1867  
                      GenusHemimycale Burton, 1934  
                      GenusHerceus   
                      GenusHymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864  
                      GenusKirkpatrickia Topsent, 1912  
                      GenusMyxodoryx Burton, 1929  
                      GenusPhorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864  
                      GenusPlocamionida Topsent, 1927  
                      GenusPseudohalichondria Carter, 1886  
                      GenusSpanioplon Topsent, 1890  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Hymedesmiidae   
       
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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: Hymedesmiidae   
       

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