Thorectidae

{{Short description|Family of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Scalarispongia 038.jpg | image_caption = ''Scalarispongia scalaris'' | taxon = Thorectidae | authority = Bergquist, 1978<ref name=I>Bergquist, P. R. (1970). ''Sponges''. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref> }}

'''Thorectidae''' is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.

==Genera== *Subfamily Phyllospongiinae Keller, 1889<ref name=II>Keller, C. (1889). Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres (1. Hälfte). ''Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie'', 48, 311–405.</ref> **''Candidaspongia'' Bergquist, Sorokin & Karuso, 1999<ref name=III>Bergquist, P., Sorokin, S. & Karuso, P. (1999). Pushing the boundaries: a new genus and species of Dictyoceratida. ''Memoirs of the Queensland Museum'', 44, 57–62.</ref> **''Carteriospongia'' Hyatt, 1877<ref name=IV>Hyatt, A. (1877). ''Revision of the North American Poriferæ; with Remarks upon Foreign Species''. Boston: Society of Natural History.</ref> **''Lendenfeldia'' Bergquist, 1980<ref name=V>Bergquist, P. R. (1960). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, and Verongida (class Demospongiae). ''New Zealand Journal of Zoology'', 7(4), 443–503.</ref> **''Phyllospongia'' Ehlers, 1870<ref name=VI>Ehlers, E. (1870). ''Die Esper'schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. Programm zum Eintritt in den Senat der Königlichen Friedrich-Alexanders-Universität in Erlangen''. Erlangen: Druck der Universitäts-Buchdruckerei von E. Th. Jacob.</ref> **''Strepsichordaia'' Bergquist, Ayling & Wilkinson, 1988<ref name=VII>Bergquist, P. R., Ayling, A. M. & Wilkinson, C. R. (1988). Foliose Dictyoceratida of the Australian Great Barrier Reef. ''Marine Ecology'', 9(4), 291–319.</ref> *Subfamily Thorectinae Bergquist, 1978<ref name=I/> **''Aplysinopsis'' von Lendenfeld, 1888<ref name=VIII>von Lendenfeld, R. (1888). ''Descriptive Catalogue of the Spones in the Australian Museum, Sydney''. London: Taylor and Francis.</ref> **''Cacospongia'' Schmidt, 1862<ref name=IX>Schmidt, O. (1862). ''Die Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres''. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.</ref> **''Collospongia'' Bergquist, Cambie & Kernan, 1990<ref name=X>Bergquist, P. R., Cambie, R. C. & Kernan, M. R. (1990). Scalarane sesterterpenes from ''Collospongia auris'', a new thorectid sponge. ''Biochemical Systematics and Ecology'', 18(5), 349–357.</ref> **''Dactylospongia'' Bergquist, 1965<ref name=XI>Bergquist, P. R. (1965). The sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. ''Pacific Science'', 19, 123–204.</ref> **''Fascaplysinopsis'' Bergquist, 1980<ref name=V/> **''Fasciospongia'' Burton, 1934<ref name=XII>Burton, M. (1934). Sponges. ''Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29, Scientific Reports'', 4, 513–621.</ref> **''Fenestraspongia'' Bergquist, 1980<ref name=V/> **''Hyrtios'' Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1864<ref name=XIII>Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. & Michelotti, G. (1864). ''Spongiaires de la Mer Caraïbe''. Haarlem: De Erven Loosjes.</ref> **''Luffariella'' Thiele, 1899<ref name=XIV>Thiele, J. (1899). ''Zoologica. Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Zoologie''. Stuttgart: Erwin Nägele.</ref> **''Narrabeena'' de Cook & Bergquist, 2002<ref name=XV>de Cook, S. C. & Bergquist, P. R. (2002). Family Thorectidae Bergquist, 1978. In Hooper, J. N. A. & van Soest, R. W. N. (Eds.), ''Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges''. Boston: Springer.</ref> **''Petrosaspongia'' Bergquist, 1995<ref name=XVI>Bergquist, P. R. (1995). Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, and Verongida from the New Caledonia lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). ''Memoirs of the Queensland Museum'', 38, 1–51.</ref> **''Scalarispongia'' de Cook & Bergquist, 2000<ref name=XVII>de Cook, S. C. & Bergquist, P. R. (2000). Two new genera and five new species of the “''Cacospongia''” group (Porifera, Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida). ''Zoosystema'', 22(2), 383–400.</ref> **''Semitaspongia'' de Cook & Bergquist, 2000<ref name=XVII/> **''Smenospongia'' Wiedenmayer, 1977<ref name=XVIII>Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). ''Shallow-Water Sponges of the Western Bahamas''. Basel: Springer Basel AG.</ref> **''Taonura'' Carter, 1882<ref name=XIX>Carter, H. J. (1882). New sponges, observations on old ones, and a proposed new group. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'', 10(56), 106–125.</ref> **''Thorecta'' von Lendenfeld, 1888<ref name=VIII/> **''Thorectandra'' von Lendenfeld, 1889<ref name=XX>von Lendenfeld, R. (1889). A monograph of the horny sponges. ''The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology'', 6(6), 418–423.</ref> **''Thorectaxia'' Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1999<ref name=XXI>Pulitzer-Finali, G. & Pronzato, R. (1999). Horny sponges from the north-eastern coast of Papua New Guinea, Bismark Sea. ''Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom'', 79(4), 593–607.</ref>

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