Niphatidae

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

• Amphimedon <small>Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864</small>
• Cribrochalina <small>Schmidt, 1870</small>
• Dasychalina <small>Ridley & Dendy, 1886</small>
• Gelliodes <small>Ridley, 1884</small>
• Haliclonissa <small>Burton, 1932</small>
• Hemigellius <small>Burton, 1932</small>
• Microxina <small>Topsent, 1916</small>
• Niphates <small>Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864</small>
• Pachychalina <small>Schmidt, 1868</small>

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