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Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels (Demospongiae, Haplosclerida) contains four valid genera, four subgenera and a large number of nominal species with a worldwide distribution in tropical, temperate and cold waters. Species live principally in shallow waters. Major taxonomic characters for differentiating genera are type of ectosomal mesh, morphology of subectosomal fibres, and presence, absence and type of choanosomal fibres.
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Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R., Valentine, C. (2002). Family Callyspongiidae de Laubenfels, 1936. In: Hooper, J.N.A., Van Soest, R.W.M., Willenz, P. (eds) Systema Porifera. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_90
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