Azoricidae | |
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Leiodermatium sp., a member of the genus Leiodermatium in the family of Azoricidae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Tetractinellida |
Suborder: | Spirophorina |
Family: | Azoricidae Sollas, 1888 [1] |
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Azoricidae is a family of marine sponges belonging to the order of Tetractinellida. [1]
Family is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera, are a basal Metazoa (animal) clade as a sister of the Diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. The branch of zoology that studies sponges is known as spongiology.
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Agelasida is an order of sea sponges in the class Demospongiae.
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