Podospongiidae
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Porifera |
| Class | Demospongiae |
| Order | Poecilosclerida |
| Family | Podospongiidae |
| Published in | Laubenfels, & de, M. W. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication, 467 ( |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 7 |
| Species records held | 34 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 44 |
| GBIF key | 8993 |
Genera in Podospongiidae
- Diacarnus — 10 species: Diacarnus ardoukobae, Diacarnus bellae, Diacarnus bismarckensis, Diacarnus erythraeanus, Diacarnus globosus, Diacarnus laevis, Diacarnus levii, Diacarnus megaspinorhabdosa
- Podospongia — 7 species: Podospongia borealis, Podospongia colini, Podospongia india, Podospongia lovenii, Podospongia natalensis, Podospongia similis, Podospongia virga
- Neopodospongia — 6 species: Neopodospongia bergquistae, Neopodospongia carlinae, Neopodospongia exilis, Neopodospongia normani, Neopodospongia pagei, Neopodospongia tupecomareni
- Negombata — 4 species: Negombata corticata, Negombata kenyensis, Negombata magnifica, Negombata rotundata
- Diplopodospongia — 3 species: Diplopodospongia macquariensis, Diplopodospongia rara, Diplopodospongia teliformis
- Sigmosceptrella — 3 species: Sigmosceptrella fibrosa, Sigmosceptrella hospitalis, Sigmosceptrella quadrilobata
- Sceptrintus — 1 species: Sceptrintus richardi
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.