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Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Coppatiidae*		synonym
*Sanidasterinae*	Sollas, 1888	synonym
*Stellettinae*	Carter, 1875	synonym

Children

Ancorina Schmidt, 1862
Dercitus Gray, 1867
Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862
Holoxea Topsent, 1892
Jaspis Gray, 1867
Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
Stellettinopsis Carter, 1879
Stryphnus Sollas, 1886

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
basis of record	Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 108-126

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131662