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Spongiidae is a
family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
sea sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate throug ...
s in the
order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...
Dictyoceratida Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families. Along with the Dendroceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges, in which a mineral skeleton is ...
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Genera

*'' Coscinoderma'' Carter, 1883 *''
Evenor Evenor ( Ancient Greek: or Εὐήνορα ''Euenor'' means 'joy of men') is the name of a character from the myth of Atlantis and of several historical figures. ''Mythological'' * Evenor, father of Cleito by Leucippe. *Evenor, the "brazen-ta ...
'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 *'' Hippospongia'' Schulze, 1879 *' Lendenfeld, 1888 *''
Leiosella ''Leiosella'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Spongiidae Spongiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida. Genera *'' Coscinoderma'' Carter, 1883 *''Evenor'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 *''Hippospongia'' Sch ...
'' Lendenfeld, 1888 *'' Rhopaloeides'' Thompson, Murphy, Bergquist & Evans, 1987 *'' Spongia'' Linnaeus, 1759


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Dictyoceratida Sponge families {{demosponge-stub