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Farreidae is a family of
glass sponge Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed silica, siliceous spicule (sponge), spicules, often referred to as glass sponges. They are usually biological classification, classified along with other sponges i ...
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Sceptrulophora Sceptrulophora (from Ancient Greek, σκῆπτρον, ''skêptron'' - "sceptre" and -φόρος, ''-phóros'' - "bearing") is an order of hexactinellid sponges (glass sponges). They are characterized by sceptrules, a type of microsclere (micro ...
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Taxonomy

Genera in this family include: * '' Asceptrulum'' Duplessis & Reiswig, 2004Duplessis, K.; Reiswig, H.M. (2004). Three new species and a new genus of Farreidae (Porifera: Hexasterophora: Hexactinosida). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.'' 117 (2): 199-212.
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* '' Aspidoscopulia'' Reiswig, 2002Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. ''In'' Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). * '' Claviscopulia'' Schulze, 1899Schulze, F.E. (1899). Amerikanische Hexactinelliden, nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. (Fischer: Jena): 1-126, pls I-XIX.
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* '' Farrea'' Bowerbank, 1862Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.'' 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
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* '' Lonchiphora'' Ijima, 1927Ijima, I. (1927). The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. Pp. i-viii, 1-383, pls I-XXVI. ''in: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899- 1900 aan boord H.M. 'Siboga' onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydemann. 106 (Monographie VI) (E.J. Brill, Leiden).''


References

Hexactinellida Sponge families Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{poriferan-stub