Baeriidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the class Calcarea. It was named by Borojevic, Boury-Esnault, and Vacelet in 2000.Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N. & Vacelet, J. (2000). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcaronea (Porifera, class Calcarea). Zoosystema, 22(2), 203–263. The type genus is Baeria Miklucho-Maclay, 1870, by original designation, though Baeria is now considered a junior synonym of Leuconia Grant, 1833.
Genera The following genera are in the family Baeriidae: Eilhardia Poléjaeff, 1883Poléjaeff, N.. Report on the Calcarea dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. In Thomson, C. & Murray, J. (Eds.), Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger (pp. 1–76). London: MacMillan & Co. Lamontia Kirk, 1895Kirk, H. B. (1895). Further contributions to a knowledge of New Zealand sponges. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 27, 287–292. Leuconia Grant, 1833Grant, R. E. (1833). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Animal Physiology. Lecture IV. On the classification of the organs of animals, and on the organs of support in animalcules and poripherous animals. The Lancet, 1(531), 193–200. Leucopsila Dendy & Row, 1913Dendy, A. & Row, R. (1913). The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 47, 704–813.
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