Farreidae

Farreidae is a family of glass sponges in the order Sceptrulophora.

Farreidae Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Farrea occa, in the family Farreidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Hexactinellida
Order:	Sceptrulophora
Family:	Farreidae Gray, 1867[1]

Taxonomy

Genera in this family include:

• Asceptrulum Duplessis & Reiswig, 2004[2]
• Aspidoscopulia Reiswig, 2002[3]
• Claviscopulia Schulze, 1899[4]
• Farrea Bowerbank, 1862[5]
• Lonchiphora Ijima, 1927[6]

References

1. Gray, J.E. (1872). Notes on the Classification of the Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 9(54): 442-461.
2. Duplessis, K.; Reiswig, H.M. (2004). Three new species and a new genus of Farreidae (Porifera: Hexasterophora: Hexactinosida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 117 (2): 199-212.
   page(s): 208
3. Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Family Farreidae Gray, 1872. pp. 1332-1340. In Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
4. Schulze, F.E. (1899). Amerikanische Hexactinelliden, nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. (Fischer: Jena): 1-126, pls I-XIX.
   page(s): 76
5. Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
   page(s): 1118
6. Ijima, I. (1927). The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. Pp. i-viii, 1-383, pls I-XXVI. in: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899- 1900 aan boord H.M. 'Siboga' onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydemann. 106 (Monographie VI) (E.J. Brill, Leiden).