Family Aplysinidae Carter, 1875

Abstract

Aplysinidae (Demospongiae, Verongida) are characterised by having an anastomosing fibrous skeleton of polygonal meshes with no organisation in one plane or orientation in relation to the surface. Two genera are included, found predominately in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, and another genus, Aiolochroia, is appended as incertae sedis within Verongida, previously allocated incorrectly to Pseudoceratina (Pseudoceratinidae).