# Halisarcidae

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{{Short description|Family of sponges}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Halisarcidae
| image = Pyura spinifera.jpg
| authority = [Schmidt, O.](/source/Eduard_Oscar_Schmidt) (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](/source/Sponge) within the order [Chondrillida](/source/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](/source/Sponge_spicule) 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](/source/Halisarca_caerulea)''

==References==
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Category:Demospongiae

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