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Halichondriidae  Gray, 1867
Taxonomic Serial No.: 48391

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Hymeniacidonidae
 
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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  
          OrderHalichondrida Gray, 1867  
             FamilyHalichondriidae Gray, 1867  
    Direct Children:  
                GenusAmorphinopsis Carter, 1887  
                GenusAxinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897  
                GenusCiocalapata de Laubenfels, 1936  
                GenusCiocalypta Bowerbank, 1862  
                GenusEpipolasis de Laubenfels, 1936  
                GenusHalichondria Fleming, 1828  
                GenusHymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1859  
                GenusLaminospongia Pulitzer-Finali, 1983  
                GenusLeucophloeus Carter, 1883  
                GenusPellina Schmidt, 1870  
                GenusSpongosorites Topsent, 1896  
                GenusTedanione Wilson, 1894  
                GenusTopsentia Berg, 1899  
                GenusVosmaeria Fristedt, 1885  
       

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

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