Desmacellidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of marine
demosponge
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). They are sponges with a soft body that covers a har ...
s.
It is the only family in the monotypic order Desmacellida.
Genera
The following
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
are recognized in the family Desmacellidae:
* ''
Desmacella''
Schmidt, 1870
* ''
Dragmatella''
Hallmann, 1917
* ''
Microtylostylifer''
Dendy, 1924
* ''
Tylosigma''
Topsent, 1894
References
Heteroscleromorpha
Sponge orders
Taxa named by Arthur Dendy
Taxa named by Stuart Oliver Ridley
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