Aulocystidae is a family of
sponges
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and ar ...
belonging to the order
Lychniscosida
Lychniscosida (sometimes spelled Lychniscosa) is an order of sponges belonging to the class Hexactinellida and subclass Hexasterophora. They are dictyonal sponges (with parenchymal spicules fully fused into a 3D framework) characterized by t ...
.
Genera:
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Adaverina''
Klaamann, 1969
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Adetopora''
Sokolov, 1955
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Aulostegites''
Lejeune & Pel, 1973
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Cystitrypanopora''
Jia, 1977
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Lychnocystis''
Reiswig, 2002
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Neoaulocystis''
Zhuravleva, 1962
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Pachyphragma''
Watkins, 1959
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Plexituba''
Stainbrook, 1946
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Pseudoromingeria''
Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
References
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Hexactinellida
Sponge families