{{Short description|Family of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Reef3860 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg | image_caption = ''Xestospongia muta'' | taxon = Petrosiidae | authority = van Soest, 1980 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''See text'' }}
'''Petrosiidae''' is a family of sponges, first described in 1980 by Rob van Soest<ref name=":0" /><ref name="vanSoest">{{cite journal |author=van Soest, R.W.M. |date=1980 |title=Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8475 |journal=Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands |volume=62 |issue=191 |pages=1-173 |editor=Hummelinck, P.W. |editor2=Van der Steen, L.J.}}</ref> which contains the following four genera:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131638|title = WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Petrosiidae van Soest, 1980}}</ref> * ''Acanthostrongylophora'' <small>Hooper, 1984</small> * ''Neopetrosia'' <small>de Laubenfels, 1949</small> * ''Petrosia'' <small>Vosmaer, 1885</small> * ''Xestospongia'' <small>de Laubenfels, 1932</small>
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Category:Haplosclerida Category:Taxa named by Rob van Soest Category:Taxa described in 1980
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