Ancorinidae

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Ancorinidae
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Rhabdastrella globostellata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Ancorinidae
Schmidt, 1870 [1] [2]
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Coppatiidae Topsent, 1898
  • Sanidasterinae Sollas, 1888
  • Stellettidae Carter, 1875
  • Stellettinae Carter, 1875

Ancorinidae is a family of marine sponges belonging to the order of Tetractinellida. [2]

Genera

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References

  1. ↑ Schmidt, Oscar (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes [Outlines of a Sponge Fauna of the Atlantic Area] (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. OCLC   18178014.
  2. 1 2 van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  3. ↑ Thiele, Johannes (1903). "Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II". Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft (in German). Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft. 25: 933–968, pl. XVIII.


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