Desmanthidae
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Desmanthidae 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
Bubarida Bubarida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; ...
. The family is characterised by the presence of a basal layer of desma spicules. Genera: * ''
Desmanthus ''Desmanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family, Fabaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words δεσμός (''desmos''), meaning "bundle", and ἄνθος (''anthos'') ...
'' Topsent, 1893 * '' Paradesmanthus'' Pisera & Lévi, 2002 * '' Petromica'' Topsent, 1898 **'' Petromica (Chaladesma)'' List-Armitage & Hooper, 2002 **'' Petromica (Petromica)'' Topsent, 1898 * '' Sulcastrella'' Schmidt, 1879


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q4118544 Heteroscleromorpha Sponge families Taxa described in 1893