Please login if you have access to particular applications.
Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Porifera (phylum) » Hexactinellida (class) » Lyssacinosida (order) » Euplectellidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 10 321000 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Euplectellidae |
CAAB category: | 10 - Porifera Sponges |
Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same. |
Family: | 10 321 Euplectellidae (glass sponges) - show full list | |
Common Name: | glass sponges | |
Organism Type: | a glass sponge | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
![]() Commercial species list: ![]() Standard Fish Names List: ![]() | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Child Codes: |
10 321918
Acoelocalyx spp. 10 321915 Amphidiscella spp. 10 321916 Amphoreus spp. 10 321908 Atlantisella spp. 10 321912 Bolosoma spp. 10 321909 Corbitella spp. 10 321910 Dictyaulus spp. 10 321906 Docosaccus spp. 10 321901 Euplectella spp. 10 321902 Holascus spp. 10 321914 Hyalostylus spp. 10 321907 Malacosaccus spp. 10 321903 Placopegma spp. 10 321911 Plumicoma spp. 10 321904 Regadrella spp. 10 321913 Saccocalyx spp. 10 321917 Trychella spp. 10 321905 Walteria spp. |
Taxon Notes: | This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||
Identifiers: |
|
Record source: | Hooper, J.N.A. Wiedenmayer, F., 1994, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Porifera. CSIRO, Melbourne |
Scientific Name verified against: | Reiswig, H.M. Kelly, M., 2018. The marine fauna of New Zealand. Euplectellid glass sponges (Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida, Euplectellidae)., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 130: 1-170. |