Rossellidae

Rossellidae
Rossella antarctica, illustration in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 : under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. 1887
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Subclass: Hexasterophora
Order: Lyssacinosa
Family: Rossellidae
Schulze, 1885[1][2]
Subfamilies
  • Acanthascinae Schulze, 1897
  • Lanuginellinae Schulze, 1897
  • Rossellinae Schulze, 1885
Synonyms

Caulophacidae Ijima, 1903

Rossellidae is a family of glass sponges belonging to the order Lyssacinosa.

Ovreview of genera

References

  1. Ueber das Verhältnis der Spongien zu den Choanoflagellaten. Franz Eilhard Schulze 1885.
  2. Schulze, F.E. 1885. The Hexactinellida. Pp. 437-451. In: Tizard, T.H., Moseley, H.M., Buchanan, J.Y. & Murray, J. (Eds), Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876. Narrative, 1(1).
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