Plakinidae

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Plakinidae
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Plakortis sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Homoscleromorpha
Order: Homosclerophorida
Family: Plakinidae
Schulze, 1880 [1]
Genera

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Plakinidae is a family of marine sponges. It is composed of eight genera: [1]

Plakinidae and Oscarellidae are the two families that compose the fourth and smallest class of the porifera phylum, Homoscleromorpha. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Plakinidae Schulze, 1880". World Porifera Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  2. Gazave, Eve; Lapébie, Pascal; Ereskovsky, Alexander V.; Vacelet, Jean; Renard, Emmanuelle; Cárdenas, Paco; Borchiellini, Carole (2012-05-01). "No longer Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha formal nomination as a fourth class of Porifera" (PDF). Hydrobiologia. 687 (1): 3–10. Bibcode:2012HyBio.687....3G. doi:10.1007/s10750-011-0842-x. ISSN   1573-5117.