Poecilosclerida 
AphiaID: 131599

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

Authority		Topsent, 1928
Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Order
Parent		Demospongiae
Sources		original description: Topsent, E. 1928c. Spongiaires de l’Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 74:1-376, pls I-XI. [details] [full text] basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Order Poecilosclerida Topsent, 1928. Pp. 403-408. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text]
Direct child taxa		Suborder Latrunculina Suborder Microcionina Suborder Mycalina Suborder Myxillina
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Note		In recent studies, e.g. Morrow et al. 2011, several groups considered Poecilosclerida in the Systema Porifera have been demonstrated to have gene sequences placing them outside the order, e.g. chela-lacking Raspailiidae and Desmacellidae. Until a consistent replacement classification has become confirmed, we continue using the classification of the Systema Porifera. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131599
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2006-05-18 10:05:01Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2006-12-09 19:55:42Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Poecilosclerida. 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=131599 on 2013-06-19