Calcarea 
AphiaID: 559

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

Authority		Bowerbank, 1862
Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Class
Parent		Porifera
Synonymised taxa		Calcispongiae (synonym)
Sources		original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1862a. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV. [details] [full text] original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1864a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] basis of record: Manuel, M.; Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Class Calcarea Bowerbank, 1864, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 1103-1110 (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] additional source: Manuel,M. 2006. Phylogeny and evolution of calcareous sponges. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 225–241 [details] from synonym: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch kalksponzen  [details] English calcareous sponges  [details] Swedish kalksvampar  [details]
Direct child taxa		Subclass Calcaronea Subclass Calcinea
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Feedingtype		filter feeder [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Note		An alternative name in older literature and recently revived by some authors is Calcispongiae. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2006-01-04 08:36:27Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2009-09-02 08:18:15Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2012-07-29 09:02:03Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Calcarea. 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=559 on 2013-05-19