Rossellidae

Rossellidae is a family of glass sponges belonging to the order Lyssacinosa. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found at a large range of depths (8–6,770 m (26–22,211 ft), and likely deeper).^[3]

Rossellidae
Rossella antarctica, illustration in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 : under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. 1887
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Hexactinellida
Order:	Lyssacinosida
Family:	Rossellidae Schulze, 1885[1][2]
Subfamilies
Acanthascinae Lanuginellinae Rossellinae

Description

The body is usually a cup-like structure. In stalked forms the body can be mushroom-like. Spicules protruding beyond the sponge surface, when present, are diactines (spicules with two pointed arms) or specialised outwardly protruding hypodermal pentactines (five pointed spicules).^[3]

The choanosomal skeleton consists of diactines, sometimes together with less frequent hexactines (spicules with six prongs). A large variety of microscleres occur in this family, including a variety of holactinoidal and asterous spicules.^[3]

Subfamilies and genera

As of 2017^[update], WoRMS recognizes three subfamilies and twenty-six genera in the family:^[4]

• Subfamily Acanthascinae Schulze, 1897
  • Acanthascus Schulze, 1886
  • Rhabdocalyptus Schulze, 1886
  • Staurocalyptus Ijima, 1897
• Subfamily Lanuginellinae Gray, 1872
  • Calycosoma Schulze, 1899
  • Caulophacus Schulze, 1886
  • Doconesthes Topsent, 1928
  • Lanuginella Schmidt, 1870
  • Lanugonychia Lendenfeld, 1915
  • Lophocalyx Schulze, 1887
  • Mellonympha Schulze, 1897
  • Sympagella Schmidt, 1870
• Subfamily Rossellinae Schulze, 1885
  • Anoxycalyx Kirkpatrick, 1907
  • Aphorme Schulze, 1899
  • Asconema Kent, 1870
  • Aulosaccus Ijima, 1896
  • Bathydorus Schulze, 1886
  • Crateromorpha Gray in Carter, 1872
  • Hyalascus Ijima, 1896
  • Nodastrella Dohrmann, Göcke, Reed & Janussen, 2012
  • Rossella Carter, 1872^[5]
  • Schaudinnia Schulze, 1900
  • Scyphidium Schulze, 1900
  • Symplectella Dendy, 1924
  • Trichasterina Schulze, 1900
  • Vazella Gray, 1870
  • Vitrollula Ijima, 1898

References

1. Ueber das Verhältnis der Spongien zu den Choanoflagellaten. Franz Eilhard Schulze 1885.
2. Schulze, F.E. 1885. The Hexactinellida. Pp. 437-451. In: Tizard, T.H., Moseley, H.M., Buchanan, J.Y. & Murray, J. (Eds), Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876. Narrative, 1(1).
3. Tabachnick, Konstantin R. (2002), Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Willenz, Philippe (eds.), "Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885", Systema Porifera, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 1441–1505, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_148, ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2
4. van Soest, R. (2010). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Rossellidae Schulze, 1885". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
5. "World Porifera Database - Species - Rossella Carter, 1872". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

Further reading

• Dohrmann, M. ; C. Göcke ; J. Reed & D. Janussen, 2012: Integrative taxonomy justifies a new genus, Nodastrella gen. nov., for North Atlantic "Rossella" species (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Rossellidae). Zootaxa 3383: 1-13.
• Sautya, S.; Tabachnick, K.R.; Ingole, B. 2010: First record of Hyalascus (Hexactinellida: Rossellidae) from the Indian Ocean, with description of a new species from a volcanic seamount in the Andaman Sea. Zootaxa, 2667: 64-68

External links

• Data related to Rossellidae at Wikispecies
• Media related to Rossellidae at Wikimedia Commons