Dictyoceratida

Dictyoceratida
A commensal amphipod emerges from a stinking vase sponge collected at St. Augustine Scarp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Subclass:	Keratosa
Order:	Dictyoceratida Minchin, 1900
Families
Dysideidae Irciniidae Spongiidae Thorectidae Verticillitidae
Synonyms
Verticillitida

Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families. ^[1] Along with the Dendroceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges, in which a mineral skeleton is minimal or absent and a skeleton of organic fibers containing spongin, a collagen-like material, is present instead. ^[2]

References

1. van Soest, R. (2014). Dictyoceratida. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131595 on 2014-04-25
2. Erpenbeck, D; Sutcliffe, P; Cook Sde, C; Dietzel, A; Maldonado, M; van Soest, RW; Hooper, JN; Wörheide, G (June 2012). "Horny sponges and their affairs: on the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 63 (3): 809–16. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.024. PMID   22406528.