Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Axinellida

Raspailiidae Nardo, 1833

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Cyamoninae*	Hooper, 2002	taxonomically included in
*Didiscus*	Dendy, 1922	taxonomically included in
*Echinodictyinae*	Hooper, 2002	taxonomically included in
*Plocamioninae*	Hooper, 2002	taxonomically included in
*Raspailiinae*	Nardo, 1833	taxonomically included in
*Thrinacophorinae*	Hooper, 2002	taxonomically included in

Children

Cyamoninae Hooper, 2002
Didiscus Dendy, 1922
Echinodictyinae Hooper, 2002
Plocamioninae Hooper, 2002
Raspailiinae Nardo, 1833
Thrinacophorinae Hooper, 2002

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヤスリカイメン科

Literature

original description	Nardo, G.D. (1833). Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien,wonach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Pp. 519-523. In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll. (Oken: Jena).
basis of record	Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 12: 7.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
taxonomy source	Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469–510. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
identification resource	Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469–510. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
identification resource	Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. pp. 469-510. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 1. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).