{{Short description|Family of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range | 444 | 0 | refs = <ref name =Botting>{{Cite Q|Q111529763|last1=Botting |first1=J. P. |last2=Janussen |first2=D. |last3=Muir |first3=L. A. |last4=Dohrmann |first4=M. |last5=Ma |first5=J. |last6=Zhang |first6=Y.}}</ref>}} | image = Venus Flower Basket.jpg | image_caption = Venus Flower Basket (''Euplectella aspergillum'') | taxon = Euplectellidae | authority = Gray, 1867<ref>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</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies | subdivision = * Bolosominae <small>Tabachnick, 2002</small> * Corbitellinae <small>Gray, 1872</small> * Euplectellinae <small>Gray, 1867</small> }}
'''Euplectellidae''' is a family of glass sponges (Hexactinellids) belonging to the order Lyssacinosa, first represented in the Ordovician fossil record, substantially older than molecular estimates of the clade's age.<ref name =Botting/>
== Taxonomies == According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the family includes the following subfamilies and genera: <br />Subfamily Bolosominae <small>Tabachnick, 2002</small> * ''Advhena'' <small>Castello-Branco, Collins & Hajdu, 2020</small> * ''Amphidiscella'' <small>Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997</small> * ''Amphoreus'' <small>Reiswig & Kelly, 2018</small> * ''Bolosoma'' <small>Ijima, 1904</small> * ''Caulocalyx'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> * ''Hyalostylus'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> * ''Neocaledoniella'' <small>Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004</small> * ''Rhizophyta'' <small>Shen, Dohrmann, Zhang, Lu & Wang, 2019</small> * ''Saccocalyx'' <small>Schulze, 1896</small> * ''Trachycaulus'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> * ''Trychella'' <small>Reiswig & Kelly, 2018</small> * ''Vityaziella'' <small>Tabachnick & Lévi, 1997</small> Subfamily Corbitellinae <small>Gray, 1872</small> * ''Atlantisella'' <small>Tabachnick, 2002</small> * ''Corbitella'' <small>Gray, 1867</small> * ''Dictyaulus'' <small>Schulze, 1896</small> * ''Dictyocalyx'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> * ''Hertwigia'' <small>Schmidt, 1880</small> * ''Heterotella'' <small>Gray, 1867</small> * ''Ijimaiella'' <small>Tabachnick, 2002</small> * ''Plumicoma'' <small>Reiswig & Kelly, 2018</small> * ''Pseudoplectella'' <small>Tabachnick, 1990</small> * ''Regadrella'' <small>Schmidt, 1880</small> * ''Rhabdopectella'' <small>Schmidt, 1880</small> * ''Walteria'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> Subfamily Euplectellinae <small>Gray, 1867</small> * ''Acoelocalyx'' <small>Topsent, 1910</small> * ''Chaunangium'' <small>Schulze, 1904</small> * ''Docosaccus'' <small>Topsent, 1910</small> * ''Euplectella'' <small>Owen, 1841</small> * ''Holascus'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> * ''Malacosaccus'' <small>Schulze, 1886</small> * ''Placopegma'' <small>Schulze, 1895</small>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Hexactinellida Category:Sponge families Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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