Spongicolidae is a family of glass sponge shrimp in the order Decapoda. There are about 8 genera and more than 40 described species in Spongicolidae.[1][2] Apart from the shallows-dwelling genus Microprosthema, the family consists of glass sponge infauna, living within the body cavity of the sponge, presumably for life with a few other sponge shrimp. The sponge infaunal species most often inhabit Euplectella sponges, but can be found in Hyalonema sieboldii, Dactylocalyx pumiceus, Regradella phoenix, and R. okinosena.[3]
| Spongicolidae | |
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| Spongicoloides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Stenopodidea |
| Family: | Spongicolidae Schram, 1986 |
Genera
editThese eight genera belong to the family Spongicolidae:
- Engystenopus Alcock & Anderson, 1894
- Globospongicola Komai & Saito, 2006
- Microprosthema Stimpson, 1860
- Paraspongicola de Saint Laurent & Cleva, 1981
- Spongicola de Haan, 1844
- Spongicoloides Hansen, 1908
- Spongiocaris Bruce & Baba, 1973
- † Jilinicaris Schram, Shen, Vonk & Taylor, 2000
References
edit- ^ "Spongicolidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ^ "Spongicolidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ^ Saito, Tomomi (2003). "Phylogeny of the family Spongicolidae (Crustacea: Stenopodidea): evolutionary trend from shallow-water free-living to deep-water sponge-associated habitat" (PDF). researchgate.net. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
Further reading
edit- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
- Scholtz, Gerhard; Richter, Stefan (1995). "Phylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (3): 289–328. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00936.x.
- Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton.
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