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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
Sources  original description: Grant, R.E. 1836. Animal Kingdom. Pp. 107-118. In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 1. (Sherwood,Gilbert, and Piper: London): 1-813. [details]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 9-14 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch sponzen  [details]
English sponges  [details]
French éponges  [details]
German Schwämme  [details]
Spanish esponjas  [details]
Swahili (individual language) sifongo  [details]
Swedish svampdjur  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Class Calcarea
Class Demospongiae
Class Hexactinellida
Class Homoscleromorpha
Class Porifera incertae sedis

Class Calcispongiae accepted as Calcarea
Class Hyalospongiae accepted as Hexactinellida
Class Sclerospongiae accepted as Demospongiae
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Images 
Porifera, Class Demospongiae
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
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
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
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
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  Citation: WoRMS (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: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558 on 2013-06-19
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