family

Niphatidae

Field notes

Niphatidae is a family of demosponges in the order Haplosclerida, first described in 1980 by Rob van Soest. It contains the following genera:

Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Cribrochalina Schmidt, 1870

Dasychalina Ridley & Dendy, 1886

Gelliodes Ridley, 1884

Haliclonissa Burton, 1932

Hemigellius Burton, 1932

Microxina Topsent, 1916

Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Pachychalina Schmidt, 1868

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided