Ancorinidae

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

Ancorinidae
Rhabdastrella globostellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Tetractinellida
Family:	Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870[1][2]
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Coppatiidae Topsent, 1898 Sanidasterinae Sollas, 1888 Stellettidae Carter, 1875 Stellettinae Carter, 1875

Genera

• Ancorina Schmidt, 1862
• Asteropus Sollas, 1888
• Chelotropella Lendenfeld, 1907
• Cryptosyringa Vacelet, 1979
• Dercitus Gray, 1867
• Disyringa Sollas, 1888
• Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862
• Holoxea Topsent, 1892
• Jaspis Gray, 1867
• Psammastra Sollas, 1886
• Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903[3]
• Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
• Stellettinopsis Carter, 1879
• Stryphnus Sollas, 1886
• Tethyopsis Stewart, 1870
• Tribrachium Weltner, 1882

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. 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.