{{Short description|Family of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862.jpg | image_caption = ''Acanthella acuta'' | taxon = Dictyonellidae | authority = Van Soest, Diaz & Pomponi, 1990 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text

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'''Dictyonellidae''' is a family of sponges in the order Bubarida,<ref>[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=659184 ITIS Standard Report Page: Dictyonellidae]</ref> based on the genus ''Dictyonella'' <small>Schmidt, 1868</small>.

It may be noted that Dictyonellida <small>Cooper, 1956</small> is, however, a brachiopod order<ref>Williams, A., Carlson, S.J., Brunton, C.H.C., Holmer, L.E., Popov, L.E., Mergl, M., Laurie, J.R., Bassett, M.G., Cocks, L.R.M., Rong, J.-Y., et al. (2000). ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paeontology. Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised). Volume 2: Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchonelliformea.'' (Geological Society of America & University of Kansas).</ref> based on ''Dictyonella'' <small>Hall, 1868</small> (now ''Eodictyonella'' <small>Wright, 1994</small>).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=Anthony D. |date=July 1994 |title=Eodictyonella, a new name for Dictyonella Hall, 1868, not Dictyonella Schmidt, 1868 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/eodictyonella-a-new-name-for-dictyonella-hall-1868-not-dictyonella-schmidt-1868/0ACEA74983893F7A7C7981EC6F3FBF71 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |language=en |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=908–909 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000026378 |bibcode=1994JPal...68..908W |issn=0022-3360|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Genera== *''Acanthella'' <small>Schmidt, 1862</small> *''Dictyonella'' <small>Schmidt, 1868</small> *''Liosina'' <small>Thiele, 1899</small> *''Lipastrotethya'' <small>de Laubenfels, 1954</small> *''Phakettia'' <small>de Laubenfels, 1936</small> *''Rhaphoxya'' <small>Hallmann, 1917</small> *''Scopalina'' <small>Schmidt, 1862</small> *''Stylissa'' <small>Hallmann, 1914</small> *''Svenzea'' <small>Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 2002</small> *''Tethyspira'' <small>Topsent, 1890</small>

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