Demospongiae 
AphiaID: 164811

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Porifera

Authority		Sollas, 1885
Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Class
Parent		Porifera
Sources		original description: Sollas, W.J. 1885b. A Classification of the Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 16(95): 395. [details] basis of record: Sollas, W.J. 1885c. A Classification of the Sponges. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series) 5: 112. [details] basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Class Demospongiae Sollas, 1885, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 15-18 (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] additional source: Chombard, C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Tillier, A.; Vacelet, J.1997. Polyphyly of ‘Sclerosponges’ (Porifera, Demospongiae) Supported by 28S Ribosomal Sequences. Biological Bulletin 193:359-367. (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: Boury-Esnault, N. (2006). Systematics and evolution of Demospongiae. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84, 205-224, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/Z06-003 [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch gewone sponzen  [details] English demosponges  [details] English horny sponges  [details] Swedish horn- och kiselsvampar  [details] Ukrainian Звича́йні гу́бки  [details]
Direct child taxa		Order Chondrosida Order Dictyoceratida Order Hadromerida Order Halichondrida Order Haplosclerida Order Poecilosclerida Order Halisarcida accepted as Chondrosida
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164811
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2005-11-07 21:03:01Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2005-11-07 21:14:01Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2006-01-04 08:36:27Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2009-11-20 14:36:03Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Demospongiae. 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: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164811 on 2013-05-20
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