World Register of Deep-Sea species - Euplectellidae Gray, 1867

Deep-Sea taxon details

Euplectellidae Gray, 1867

AphiaID

131692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131692)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Euplectella Owen, 1841

Parent

Lyssacinosida

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Subfamily Bolosominae Tabachnick, 2002
1. Genus Advhena Castello-Branco, Collins & Hajdu, 2020
2. Genus Amphidiscella Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997
3. Genus Amphoreus Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
4. Genus Bolosoma Ijima, 1904
5. Genus Caulocalyx Schulze, 1886
6. Genus Flavovirens Shen, Cheng, Zhang & Wang, 2022
7. Genus Hyalostylus Schulze, 1886
8. Genus Neocaledoniella Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004
9. Genus Rhabdopectella Schmidt, 1880
10. Genus Rhizophyta Shen, Dohrmann, Zhang, Lu & Wang, 2019
11. Genus Saccocalyx Schulze, 1896
12. Genus Trachycaulus Schulze, 1886
13. Genus Trychella Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
14. Genus Vityaziella Tabachnick, 1997
15. Genus Caledoniella Tabachnick, 2002 accepted as Neocaledoniella Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004 (preoccupied)
16. Genus Nubicaulus Reiswig, 1999 accepted as Saccocalyx Schulze, 1896 (junior synonym)
17. Genus Placosoma Ijima, 1903 accepted as Bolosoma Ijima, 1904 (preoccupied)
18. Genus Rhabdoplectella accepted as Rhabdopectella Schmidt, 1880 (misspelling)
Subfamily Corbitellinae Gray, 1872
1. Genus Atlantisella Tabachnick, 2002
2. Genus Corbitella Gray, 1867
3. Genus Dictyaulus Schulze, 1896
4. Genus Dictyocalyx Schulze, 1886
5. Genus Hertwigia Schmidt, 1880
6. Genus Heterotella Gray, 1867
7. Genus Ijimaiella Tabachnick, 2002
8. Genus Plumicoma Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
9. Genus Pseudoplectella Tabachnick, 1990
10. Genus Regadrella Schmidt, 1880
11. Genus Walteria Schulze, 1886
12. Genus Alcyoncellum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Corbitella Gray, 1867 (unavailable name)
13. Genus Taegeria Schulze, 1886 accepted as Corbitella Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
Subfamily Euplectellinae Gray, 1867
1. Genus Acoelocalyx Topsent, 1910
2. Genus Chaunangium Schulze, 1904
3. Genus Docosaccus Topsent, 1910
4. Genus Euplectella Owen, 1841
5. Genus Holascus Schulze, 1886
6. Genus Malacosaccus Schulze, 1886
7. Genus Placopegma Schulze, 1896
8. Genus Holascella Lendenfeld, 1915 accepted as Holascus Schulze, 1886 (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131692 on 2026-09-04

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131692 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-07-26 12:02:34Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-10-19 14:57:55Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2021-12-31 12:02:38Z

changed

Dohrmann, Martin

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original description Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

basis of record Ijima, I. (1903). Studies on the Hexactinellida. Contribution III. (Placosoma, a New Euplectellid; Leucopsacidae and Caulophacidae). Journal of the College of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo. 18 (1): 1-124, pls I-VIII.
page(s): 23 [details]

basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_146 [details] Available for editors

additional source Marchiò, A.; Jamieson, A.J.; Stewart, H.A. (2025). Through the glass ceiling: extending the depth range of glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida). Marine Biology. 172(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04652-1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Japanese	カイロウドウケツ科	[details]

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