Heteroscleromorpha

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Heteroscleromorpha
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Axinella polypoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012 [1]
Orders
Synonyms
List
  • Democlavia
  • Desmacidonitida
  • Hadromerida
  • Halichondrida
  • Haploscleromorpha
  • Lithistida
  • Spirastrellida

Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera. [2]

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References

  1. Cárdenas, P.; Pérez, T.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2012). Sponge Systematics Facing New Challenges. Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology. 79-209., page(s): 170
  2. van Soest, R. (2016). Heteroscleromorpha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17.