Verticillitida 
AphiaID: 169705

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

Authority		Termier & Termier in Termier, Termier & Vachard, 1977
Status		unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Dictyoceratida
Rank		Order
Parent		Demospongiae
Source		original description: Termier, H.; Termier, G.; Vachard, D. 1977. Monographie paléontologique des affleurements Permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica 156 (1-3): 1-109. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Link		To ITIS
Note		Assignment to the synonymy of Verticillitida follows after Wörheide's discovery that its only living taxon, Vaceletia crypta, is a dictyoceratid sponge, however fossil taxa assigned to this group might not belong to the Dictyoceratida. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169705
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2005-07-26 12:02:34Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-05-18 10:05:01Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2011-11-21 10:16:28Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Verticillitida. 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=169705 on 2013-06-19