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

Latrunculiidae Topsent, 1922

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bomba Kelly, Reiswig & Samaai, 2016
Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869
Sceptrella Schmidt, 1870

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カンジョウセイタイ科

Literature

original description	Topsent, E. (1922). Les mégasclères polytylotes des Monaxonides et la parenté des Latrunculiines. Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique Monaco. 415: 1-8.
basis of record	Samaai, T.; Kelly, M. (2002). Family Latrunculiidae Topsent, 1922. pp. 708-720. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Samaai, T.; Kelly, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Latrunculiidae Topsent, 1922. pp. 708-719. 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, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Latrunculiidae Topsent, 1922. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131671