title: Desmacellidae
text: # Desmacellidae
  
  Desmacellidae is a family of marine demosponges. It is the only family in the monotypic order Desmacellida.
  
  ## Genera
  
  The following genera are recognized in the family Desmacellidae:
  
  * Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
  * Dragmatella Hallmann, 1917
  * Microtylostylifer Dendy, 1924
  * Tylosigma Topsent, 1894
  