Tetractinomorpha 
AphiaID: 131588

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class)

Authority		Lévi, 1953
Status		unaccepted (disused)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Demospongiae
Rank		Subclass
Parent		Demospongiae
Sources		original description: Lévi, C. 1953a. Sur une nouvelle classification des Démosponges. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l’Académie des sciences. Paris 236(8): 853-855. [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] [full text] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (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: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Link		To GenBank
Note		Lévi (1953) subdivided the Demospongiae in three subclasses based on reproductive characters. Tetractinomorpha were defined as oviparous sponges. As gradually more information has become available on reproductive modes of sponges, ovipary was demonstrated to be a marker at most for lower taxa (family, genus). The Systema Porifera suggested to abandon the subclass level until such time that new markers would become available.  [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131588
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2005-07-26 12:02:34Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2005-11-16 13:28:14Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2006-05-18 10:05:01Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2009-11-20 14:36:03Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tetractinomorpha. 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131588 on 2013-05-25