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Thorectidae
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassDemospongiae
- OrderDictyoceratida
- FamilyThorectidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 229
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Thorectidae
- Collections
- ICML-UNAM, USNM, QM, CAS, NMV
- Recorded in
- Mexico, French Polynesia, Australia, United States, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Tanzania
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dictyoceratida
- Image
- Esponja (Scalarispongia scalaris), Cynthiana, Pafos, Chipre, 2021-12-11, DD 05.jpg
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Thorectidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.
==Genera== Subfamily Phyllospongiinae Keller, 1889 Candidaspongia Bergquist, Sorokin & Karuso, 1999 Carteriospongia Hyatt, 1877 Lendenfeldia Bergquist, 1980 Phyllospongia Ehlers, 1870 Strepsichordaia Bergquist, Ayling & Wilkinson, 1988 Subfamily Thorectinae Bergquist, 1978 Aplysinopsis von Lendenfeld, 1888 Cacospongia Schmidt, 1862 Collospongia Bergquist, Cambie & Kernan, 1990 Dactylospongia Bergquist, 1965 Fascaplysinopsis Bergquist, 1980 Fasciospongia Burton, 1934 Fenestraspongia Bergquist, 1980 Hyrtios Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1864 Luffariella Thiele, 1899 Narrabeena de Cook & Bergquist, 2002 Petrosaspongia Bergquist, 1995 Scalarispongia de Cook & Bergquist, 2000 Semitaspongia de Cook & Bergquist, 2000 Smenospongia Wiedenmayer, 1977 Taonura Carter, 1882 Thorecta von Lendenfeld, 1888 Thorectandra von Lendenfeld, 1889 Thorectaxia Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1999
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