| Trachycladidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Trachycladida Morrow & Cárdenas, 2015 [1] |
| Family: | Trachycladidae Hallmann, 1917 |
Trachycladidae is a family of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. [2] It is the only family in the monotypic order Trachycladida.
Demosponges are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide. They are sponges with a soft body that covers a hard, often massive skeleton made of calcium carbonate, either aragonite or calcite. They are predominantly leuconoid in structure. Their "skeletons" are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both. Where spicules of silica are present, they have a different shape from those in the otherwise similar glass sponges.
Homosclerophorida is an order of marine sponges. It is the only order in the monotypic class Homoscleromorpha. The order is composed of two families: Plakinidae and Oscarellidae.
Axinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Axinellida.
Ptilocaulis is a genus of demosponges. The species within this genus are usually red or orange. They are often called tree sponges, as they grow many branches from a single stem resembling trees. They can grow to large size.
Chondrilla is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Chondrillidae.
Pachymatisma is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Geodiidae.
Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families. 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.
Pachydictyum is a genus of freshwater sponge in the family Malawispongiidae. It is monotypic and represented by a single species, Pachydictyum globosum. It lives in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Bubarida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.
Scopalinidae is an family of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only family in the monotypic order Scopalinida.
Tethyida is an order of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.
Agelasida is an order of sea sponges in the class Demospongiae.
Biemnida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.
Merliida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha, first described as such by Jean Vacelet in 1979.
Vetulina is a genus of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Vetulinidae and the monotypic order Sphaerocladina.
Spongillida is an order of freshwater sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.
Ascaltis is a genus of sponges in the family Leucascidae, first described in 1872 by Ernst Haeckel.
Vosmaeropsis complanatispinifera is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Heteropiidae, and was first described in 2015 by Cavalcanti, Bastos & Lanna. It is found off the Brazilian coast.
Vosmaeropsis recruta is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Heteropiidae, and was first described in 2015 by Cavalcanti, Bastos & Lanna. It is found off the Brazilian coast.
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