Chalinidae
| Chalinidae | |
|---|---|
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| Haliclona permollis | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Porifera | 
| Class: | Demospongiae | 
| Order: | Haplosclerida | 
| Family: | Gray, 1867  | 
| Genera | |
|   See text  | |
| Synonyms | |
|   List 
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Chalinidae is a family of marine demosponges,[1] containing the following genera:[1]
- Chalinula Schmidt, 1868
 - Cladocroce Topsent, 1892
 - Dendrectilla Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
 - Dendroxea Griessinger, 1971
 - Haliclona Grant, 1836
 
Predators
An unidentified species from the family Chalinidae is a prey of the sea slug Tyrinna evelinae in Brazil.[2]
References
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chalinidae Gray, 1867". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
 - ^ Belmonte T., Alvim J., Padula V. & Muricy G. (2015). "Spongivory by nudibranchs on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil". Spixiana 38: 187–195. PDF.
 
 
