Tetractinellida

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Tetractinellida
Yellow pot sponge (Rhabdastrella globostellata).jpg
Rhabdastrella globostellata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Order: Tetractinellida
Marshall, 1876
Suborders
Synonyms
List
  • Ancorinida
  • Choristida
  • Craniellida
  • Dicranocladina
  • Megamorina
  • Poecillastrida
  • Rhizomorina
  • Tetracladina

Tetractinellida is an order of sea sponges belonging to the Class Demospongiae. First described in 1876, this order received a new description in 2012 and replaced the two orders Astrophorida and Spirophorida, which then became sub-orders as Astrophorina and Spirophorina.[1]

Families[]

Suborder Astrophorina Sollas, 1887
Suborder Spirophorina Bergquist & Hogg, 1969
Suborder Thoosina Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero, Cárdenas, Cruz-Barraza, Aguilar-Camacho, 2018

References[]

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tetractinellida". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-16.


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