{{Short description|Family of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Haliclonapermollis.jpg | image_caption = ''Haliclona permollis'' | taxon = Chalinidae | authority = Gray, 1867 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text | synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} * Adociidae <small>Laubenfels, 1936</small> * Gelliadae <small>Gray, 1872</small> * Gelliidae <small>Gray, 1872</small> * Gelliinae <small>Gray, 1872</small> * Haliclonidae <small>de Laubenfels, 1932</small> * Renieridae <small>Schmidt, 1870</small> * Renierinae <small>Schmidt, 1870</small> {{hidden end}} }}
'''Chalinidae''' is a family of marine demosponges,<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite web |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131636 |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chalinidae Gray, 1867 |website=www.marinespecies.org |access-date=25 November 2010}}</ref> containing the following genera:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * ''Chalinula'' <small>Schmidt, 1868</small> * ''Cladocroce'' <small>Topsent, 1892</small> * ''Dendrectilla'' <small>Pulitzer-Finali, 1983</small> * ''Dendroxea'' <small>Griessinger, 1971</small> * ''Haliclona'' <small>Grant, 1836</small>
==Predators== An unidentified species from the family Chalinidae is a prey of the sea slug ''Tyrinna evelinae'' in Brazil.<ref>Belmonte T., Alvim J., Padula V. & Muricy G. (2015). "Spongivory by nudibranchs on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil". ''Spixiana'' '''38''': 187–195. [http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/spix38_2_04.pdf PDF].</ref>
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Category:Chalinidae Category:Sponge families
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