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 ...
s in the order
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 ...
.
Taxonomy
Genera in this family include:
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Asceptrulum''
Duplessis & Reiswig, 2004[Duplessis, 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.]
page(s): 208
* ''
Aspidoscopulia''
Reiswig, 2002[Reiswig, 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).]
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Claviscopulia''
Schulze, 1899[Schulze, F.E. (1899). Amerikanische Hexactinelliden, nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. (Fischer: Jena): 1-126, pls I-XIX.]
page(s): 76
* ''
Farrea''
Bowerbank, 1862[Bowerbank, 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.]
page(s): 1118
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Lonchiphora''
Ijima, 1927[Ijima, 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
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