Microcionidae 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 ...

Subdivisions

The following genera are recognized within the family Microcionidae: * Subfamily Microcioninae Carter 1875 ** ''

Clathria ''Clathria'' is a large genus of demosponges in the family (biology), family Microcionidae. Taxonomy ''Clathria'' was first formally named in Eduard Oscar Schmidt's 1862 ''Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres'' ("The sponges of the Adriatic Sea ...

'' Schmidt, 1862 ** '' Echinochalina'' Thiele, 1903 ** '' Holopsamma'' Carter, 1885 ** ''

Pandaros Pandarus or Pandar (Ancient Greek: Πάνδαρος ''Pándaros'') is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the Trojan War. In Homer's ''Iliad'' he is portrayed as an energetic and powerful warrior, but in medieval literature he b ...

'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 * Subfamily Ophlitaspongiinae de Laubenfels, 1936 ** '' Antho'' Gray, 1867 ** '' Artemisina'' Vosmaer, 1885 ** '' Echinoclathria'' Carter, 1885 ** '' Ophlitaspongia'' Bowerbank, 1866 ** '' Sigmeurypon'' Topsent, 1928

References

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