Rossellidae is a family of glass sponges belonging to the order Lyssacinosa. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found at a large range of depths (8–6,770 m (26–22,211 ft), and likely deeper).[3]
Description
The body is usually a cup-like structure. In stalked forms the body can be mushroom-like. Spicules protruding beyond the sponge surface, when present, are diactines (spicules with two pointed arms) or specialised outwardly protruding hypodermal pentactines (five pointed spicules).[3]
The choanosomal skeleton consists of diactines, sometimes together with less frequent hexactines (spicules with six prongs). A large variety of microscleres occur in this family, including a variety of holactinoidal and asterous spicules.[3]
Subfamilies and genera
As of 2017, WoRMS recognizes three subfamilies and twenty-six genera in the family:[4]
- Subfamily Acanthascinae Schulze, 1897
- Subfamily Lanuginellinae Gray, 1872
- Subfamily Rossellinae Schulze, 1885
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Anoxycalyx Kirkpatrick, 1907
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Aphorme Schulze, 1899
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Asconema Kent, 1870
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Aulosaccus Ijima, 1896
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Bathydorus Schulze, 1886
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Crateromorpha Gray in Carter, 1872
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Hyalascus Ijima, 1896
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Nodastrella Dohrmann, Göcke, Reed & Janussen, 2012
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Rossella Carter, 1872[5]
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Schaudinnia Schulze, 1900
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Scyphidium Schulze, 1900
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Symplectella Dendy, 1924
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Trichasterina Schulze, 1900
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Vazella Gray, 1870
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Vitrollula Ijima, 1898
References
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^ Ueber das Verhältnis der Spongien zu den Choanoflagellaten. Franz Eilhard Schulze 1885.
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^ Schulze, F.E. 1885. The Hexactinellida. Pp. 437-451. In: Tizard, T.H., Moseley, H.M., Buchanan, J.Y. & Murray, J. (Eds), Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876. Narrative, 1(1).
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^ a b c Tabachnick, Konstantin R. (2002), Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Willenz, Philippe (eds.), "Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885", Systema Porifera, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 1441–1505, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_148, ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2
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^ van Soest, R. (2010). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Rossellidae Schulze, 1885". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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^ "World Porifera Database - Species - Rossella Carter, 1872". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
