Demospongiae

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin plural of Demospongia

Proper noun

Demospongiae

A taxonomic class within the phylum Porifera – very many sponges.[1]

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Porifera - phylum[1]

Hyponyms

(class): Ceractinomorpha, Homoscleromorpha, Tetractinomorpha - orders in some systems
- Agelasida, Astrophorida, Chondrosiida, Dendroceratida, Dictyoceratida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Lithistida, Poecilosclerida, Spirophorida, Verongiida - orders[1]

References

Demospongiae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Demospongiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Demospongiae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
1. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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