Haplosclerida is an order of
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 contains the following families:
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Calcifibrospongiidae Hartman, 1979
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Callyspongiidae
Callyspongiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Haplosclerida. It contains the following genera and species:
* ''Arenosclera'' Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
** ''Arenosclera amazonensis'' Leal, Moraes, Thompson & Hajdu, 2017
** ''Arenosclera ara ...
de Laubenfels, 1936
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Chalinidae
Chalinidae is a family of marine demosponges, containing the following genera:
* '' Chalinula'' Schmidt, 1868
* '' Cladocroce'' Topsent, 1892
* '' Dendrectilla'' Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
* '' Dendroxea'' Griessinger, 1971
* ''Haliclona
''Haliclon ...
Gray, 1867
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Niphatidae
Niphatidae is a family of demosponges in the order Haplosclerida, first described in 1980 by Rob van Soest. It contains the following genera:
* ''Amphimedon (sponge), Amphimedon'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
* ''Cribrochalina'' Schmidt, 1870
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Van Soest, 1980
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Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980
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Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882
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