Desmacellidae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

of marine

demosponge Demosponges or common sponges are sponges of the class Demospongiae (from + ), the most diverse group in the phylum Porifera which include greater than 90% of all extant sponges with nearly 8,800 species A species () is often de ...

s. It is the only family in the monotypic order Desmacellida.

Genera

The following

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

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 {{Demosponge-stub