Verongida

Verongida (also called Verongiida) is the name of an order of demosponges within the phylum Porifera.[1] The "skeleton" in these sponges is made up of spongin, rather than of spicules.[2] They live in marine environments.[1]

Verongida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Verongimorpha
Order: Verongia
Families

Aplysinidae
Aplysinellidae
Pseudoceratinidae
Ianthellidae

References

  1. 1 2 "World Porifera Database - Species - Verongiida". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Order Verongida". species-identification.org. Retrieved 2016-02-03.


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