Lanuginellinae Gray, 1872, 1900

Reiswig, Henry M., Dohrmann, Martin, Kelly, Michelle, Mills, Sadie, Schupp, Peter J. & Woerheide, Gert, 2021, Rossellid glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from New Zealand waters, with description of one new genus and six new species, ZooKeys 1060, pp. 33-84 : 33

Lanuginellinae Gray, 1872

Diagnosis.

Basiphytous, rarely lophophytous, often pedunculate, Rossellidae ; dermalia hexactins, pentactins, stauractins, or diactins supported by large hypodermal pentactins; choanosomal spicules diactins, often supplemented by significant amount of hexactins; atrialia pentactins or hexactins often supported by large hypoatrial pentactins; dermal and atrial hexactins and pentactins frequently pinular; prostalia, if present, pentactins or diactins; microscleres include strobiloplumicomes, which may be absent in some species, oxy-, onycho-, or disco-tipped forms (hexasters, hemihexasters, hexactins); microdiscohexasters absent (after Dohrmann et al. 2017).