Hexactinellida

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

CLASS

Published in

Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii–iv, 1–88, pls I–VI. https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8180

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Porifera

class

Hexactinellida

Name

Synonyms

Hyalospongiae

Homonyms

Hexactinellida

Common names

Eponges siliceuses in French

Glass Sponge in English

Glass Sponges in English

Glasschwämme in German

Hexactinellid Sponges in English

glass sponge in English

glass sponges in English

hexactinellid sponges in English

glass sponges in English

glassvampar in Nynorsk, Norwegian

glassvamper in Norwegian Bokmål

Glasschwämme in German

Hexactinelliden in German

hexactinellid sponges in English

六放海綿綱 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

1. Botting, J. P.; Zhang, Y.; Muir, L. A. (2017). Discovery of missing link between demosponges and hexactinellids confirms palaeontological model of sponge evolution. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1). 10.1038/s41598-017-05604-6
2. Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster, 2016: Chapter 6: Two Basal Metazoan Phyla: Porifera and Placozoa. Invertebrates, Third Edition. 213-263.
3. Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp.
4. Dohrmann, M. (2019). Progress in glass sponge phylogenetics: a comment on Kersken et al. (2018). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 843: 51-59. 10.1007/s10750-018-3708-7
5. Dohrmann, M.; Kelley, C.; Kelly, M.; Pisera, A.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Reiswig, H.M. (2017). An integrative systematic framework helps to reconstruct skeletal evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Frontiers in Zoology.</em> 14: 18. 10.1186/s12983-017-0191-3
6. Dohrmann, M.; Reiswig, H.M.; Kelly, M.; Mills, S.; Schätzle, S.; Reverter, M.; Niesse, N.; Rohde, S.; Schupp, P.; Wörheide, G. (2023). Expanded sampling of New Zealand glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) provides new insights into biodiversity, chemodiversity, and phylogeny of the class. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e15017.
7. Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds., 2002: null. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. xlviii + 1708.
8. Leys S.P., Mackie G.O., Reiswig H.M. (2007). The biology of glass sponges. <em>Advances in Marine Biology.</em> 52: 1-145.
9. Marchiò, A.; Jamieson, A.J.; Stewart, H.A. (2025). Through the glass ceiling: extending the depth range of glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 172(6). 10.1007/s00227-025-04652-1
10. Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
11. Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. pp 1201-1210. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY. 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
12. Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. pp 1201-1202 <i>In</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
13. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
14. Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.