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Hexactinellida 
AphiaID: 22612

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum)
Authority Schmidt, 1870
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Class
Parent Porifera
Synonymised
taxa
  Hyalospongiae (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Reiswig, H. 2002. Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. Pp. . In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, MosReisw (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

original description (from synonym): Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1887. Klassen und Ordnungen der Spongien (Porifera). Pp. i-xii, 1-496, pls I-XXXIV. In: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs. 2. (Leipzig & Heidelberg). [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English glass sponges  [details]
English hexactinellid sponges  [details]
Direct child
taxa
 Subclass Amphidiscophora
Subclass Hexasterophora
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22612
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2006-01-04 08:36:27Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hexactinellida. 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: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22612 on 2013-06-20
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