Petrosiidae
{{Short description|Family of sponges}}
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| image = Reef3860 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg
| image_caption = Xestospongia muta
| taxon = Petrosiidae
| authority = van Soest, 1980
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}
Petrosiidae is a family of sponges, first described in 1980 by Rob van Soest{{cite journal |author=van Soest, R.W.M. |date=1980 |title=Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=8475 |journal=Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands |volume=62 |issue=191 |pages=1-173 |editor=Hummelinck, P.W. |editor2=Van der Steen, L.J.}} which contains the following four genera:{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131638|title = WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Petrosiidae van Soest, 1980}}
- Acanthostrongylophora Hooper, 1984
- Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949
- Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885
- Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932
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Category:Taxa named by Rob van Soest
Category:Animals described in 1980
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