| Desmacellidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Desmacellida Morrow & Cárdenas, 2015 |
| Family: | Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886 |
| Genera | |
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Desmacellidae is a family of marine demosponges. [1] It is the only family in the monotypic order Desmacellida.
The following genera are recognized in the family Desmacellidae: [1]
Leucaltidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Clathrinida.
Ancorina is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae. It is the type genus of its family.
Ascaltis pelliculata is a species of sea sponge in the family Leucascidae, first described as Leucoselenia pelliculata by Arthur Dendy in 1891. it is found in the coastal waters of Victoria.
Sycon is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in.
Isodictya is a genus of marine demosponge in the family Isodictyidae.
Isodictyidae is a family of marine demosponges.
Rhabdastrella is a genus of marine sponges belonging to the family of Ancorinidae.
Mycalidae is a family of marine demosponges.
Arthur Dendy was an English zoologist known for his work on marine sponges and the terrestrial invertebrates of Victoria, Australia, notably including the "living fossil" Peripatus. He was in turn professor of zoology in New Zealand, in South Africa and finally at King's College London. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Arturia is a genus of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae which contains 14 species. It is named after Arthur Dendy, a prominent researcher of calcareous sponges. It was renamed Arturia in 2017 because the name Arthuria was already assigned to a genus of molluscs.
Cinachyrella is a genus of marine sponges in the family Tetillidae.
Marquis Dendy is an American track and field athlete, primarily known for horizontal jumping events. He is the 2015 National Champion in the Long Jump. His winning jump, of 8.68 m, though wind aided at +3.7mps, his first jump of the competition, was the longest jump in the world under any conditions in over 5 years. He grew up in Middletown, Delaware.
Dasychalina is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.
Gelliodes is a genus of sponges in the family Niphatidae.
Geodia auroristella is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the Indian Ocean around the Seychelles archipelago. The species was first described by Arthur Dendy in 1916.
Halichondria arenacea is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Halichondriidae.
Dragmacidon is a genus of sponges in the family Axinellidae, first described in 1917 by E.F.Hallman .
Ascaltis is a genus of sponges in the family Leucascidae, first described in 1872 by Ernst Haeckel.
Vosmaeropsis is a genus of sponges in the family, Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1893 by Arthur Dendy. The type species by subsequent designation is Vosmaeropsis macera.
Iophon is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Acarnidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
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