Halichondrida

Halichondrida
Halichondria panicea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Order: Halichondrida
Gray, 1867[1]
Families

Halichondrida is an order of marine demosponges.[2] Demosponges with simple spicules and a generally confused skeletal arrangement are grouped into this order although its monophyly is considered suspect and further taxonomic revision can be expected.[3]

References

  1. Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.. World Register of Marine Species.
  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. "Halichondrida". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  3. A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic: Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species


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