Hexactinellida

Euplectella aspergillum

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Hexactinellida
Subclasses (2): Amphidiscophora - Hexasterophora

Name

Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870

References

selected references

• Schmidt, O. 1870: Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
• Dohrmann, M. et al. 2008: Phylogeny and evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). Systematic biology, 57(3): 388-405. doi: 10.1080/10635150802161088
• Dohrmann, M.; Collins, A.G.; Wörheide, G. 2009: New insights into the phylogeny of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida): monophyly of Lyssacinosida and Euplectellinae, and the phylogenetic position of Euretidae. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 52(1): 257-262. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.010

additional references

• Janussen, D.; Reiswig, H.M. 2009: Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the ANDEEP III Expedition to the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Zootaxa, 2136: 1-20. Abstract & excerpt PDF
• Reiswig, H.M.; Stone, R.P. 2013: New glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) from deep waters of the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Zootaxa, 3628(1): 1-64. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3628.1.1 reference page 
• Tabachnick, K.R.; Janussen, D.; Menschenina, L.L. 2008: New Australian Hexactinellida (Porifera) with a revision of Euplectella aspergillum. Zootaxa, 1866: 7-68. PDF

links

• Hexactinellida Report on ITIS
• Paleobiology Database
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2008. Hexactinellida. Version 04 March 2008 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Hexactinellida/20436/2008.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
• van Soest, R. (2011). Hexactinellida. In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22612 on 2011-10-30

Vernacular names

česky: Křemité houby / Šestičetné houby
Deutsch: Glasschwämme
Ελληνικά: Εξακτινελλίδες (Υαλόσπογγοι)
English: glass sponges
français: Hexactinellides
italiano: silicospongie
magyar: Üvegszivacsok
日本語: 六放海綿綱
suomi: Lasisienet
svenska: Glassvampar

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