Rossellidae

Rossellidae
Temporal range: Hirnantian–Recent
Rossella antarctica, 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 Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Lyssacinosida
Family: Rossellidae
Schulze, 1885
Subfamilies

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).

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).

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.

Subfamilies and genera

As of 2017, WoRMS recognizes three subfamilies and twenty-six genera in the family:

References

  1. ↑ Botting, Joseph P.; Janussen, Dorte; Zhang, Yuandong; Muir, Lucy A. (September 2020). "Exceptional preservation of two new early rossellid sponges: the dominant species in the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) Anji Biota of China". Journal of the Geological Society. 177 (5): 1025–1038. doi:10.1144/jgs2020-002.
  2. ↑ Botting, Joseph P.; Janussen, Dorte; Dohrmann, Martin; Muir, Lucy A.; Zhang, Yuandong; Ma, Junye (January 2025). "Advanced crown‐group Rossellidae (Porifera: Hexactinellida) resembling extant taxa from the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) Anji Biota". Papers in Palaeontology. 11 (1). doi:10.1002/spp2.70000.
  3. ↑ Ueber das Verhältnis der Spongien zu den Choanoflagellaten. Franz Eilhard Schulze 1885.
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. 1 2 3 Tabachnick, Konstantin R. (2002), "Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885", in Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Willenz, Philippe (eds.), Systema Porifera, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 1441–1505, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_148, ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "World Porifera Database - Species - Rossella Carter, 1872". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

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