Spiractinella (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Amphidiscosa - Pelicaspongiidae

Parent taxon: Pelicaspongiidae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004

See also de Laubensfels 1955 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arakespongia, Ascospongiella, Asturiaspongia, Cavospongiella, Estrellaspongia, Galeospongia, Hadrophragmos, Hexirregularia, Keriogastrospongia, Larispongia, Liscombispongia, Lysactinella, Naybandospongia, Pelicaspongia, Pseudohydnoceras, Stiodermiella, Trailospongia, Twenhofelella, Vaurealispongia

Subtaxa: Spiractinella wrightii

View classification

Type: Holasterella wrightii

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spiractinella in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.