Biology:Lanuginellinae

Short description: Subfamily of sponges

Lanuginellinae
Caulophacus elegans, illustration in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 - under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. (1887).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Hexactinellida
Order:	Lyssacinosida
Family:	Rossellidae
Subfamily:	Lanuginellinae Gray, 1872
Genera
Calycosoma Caulophacus Doconesthes Lanuginella Lanugonychia Lophocalyx Mellonympha Sympagella
Synonyms
Sympagellidae De Laubenfels, 1936

Caulophacus elegans, illustration in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 - under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. (1887).

Lanuginellinae is a subfamily of glass sponges belonging to the family Rossellidae.

References

• Gray, J.E. 1872a. Notes on the Classification of the Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 9(54), page 450

External links

• "Lanuginellinae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171949. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21219960 entry