NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subfamily

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Rossellidae
  Order - Lyssacinosida
  Subclass - Hexasterophora
  Class - Hexactinellida
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Caulophacus
      Genus - Rhabdocalyptus
      Genus - Bathydorus
      Genus - Staurocalyptus
      Genus - Acanthascus
      Genus - Aulosaccus
      Genus - Anoxycalyx
      Genus - Aphorme
      Genus - Asconema
      Genus - Caulophacella
      Genus - Crateromorpha
      Genus - Hyalascus
      Genus - Rossella
      Genus - Schaudinnia
      Genus - Scyphidium
      Genus - Trichasterina
      Genus - Vazella
      Genus - Vitrollula