Halisarcidae

{{Short description|Family of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Halisarcidae | image = Pyura spinifera.jpg | authority = Schmidt, O. (1862) <ref>Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = * ''Halisarca'' Johnston, 1842 }}

'''Halisarcidae''' is a family of sea sponges within the order Chondrillida.<ref>{{Cite WoRMS |title=Halisarcidae |131634 |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131634 |access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> Members of the family are characterised by having long tubular, branched choanocyte chambers; they have no spicules which makes it difficult to determine the group's affinities with other sponge families. Halisarcidae is a monogeneric family, the only genus being '''''Halisarca'''''.<ref name=Vacelet>Vacelet, J.; Donadey, C. (1987). A new species of ''Halisarca'' (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Caribbean, with remarks on the cytology and affinities of the genus. In: Jones WC (ed) European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station. 1, 5-12.</ref>

==See also== *''Halisarca caerulea''

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Category:Demospongiae