Porifera 
AphiaID: 558

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom)

Authority		Grant, 1836
Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor: included in ERMS 1.1
Rank		Phylum
Parent		Animalia
Source		basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-306-47260-0. xix, 1-1101, 1103-1706 (2 volumes) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa		Class Calcarea Class Demospongiae Class Hexactinellida Class Homoscleromorpha
Environment		marine
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Images		Porifera, Class Demospongiae added on 2012-02-07 - author: van Soest, Rob qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2012-02-07 20:22:15 Porifera, Class Calcarea added on 2012-02-07 - author: van Soest, Rob qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2012-02-07 20:21:24 Porifera, Class Hexactinellida added on 2012-02-07 - author: van Soest, Rob qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2012-02-07 20:28:37 Porifera, Class Homoscleromorpha added on 2012-02-07 - author: van Soest, Rob qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2012-02-07 20:41:43
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin
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		Citation: AfReMaS (2013). Porifera. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2013) African Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558 on 2013-06-19