RAMS taxon details
Porifera
558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558)
Grant, 1836
accepted
Phylum
- Class Calcarea
- Class Demospongiae
- Class Hexactinellida
- Class Homoscleromorpha
- Class Porifera incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Grant, R.E. (1836). Animal Kingdom. Pp. 107-118. <em>In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 1.</em> (Sherwood,Gilbert, and Piper: London): 1-813.
page(s): 108 [details]
page(s): 108 [details]
RAMS (2026). Porifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558 on 2026-05-24
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Porifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558 on 2026-05-24
original description
Grant, R.E. (1836). Animal Kingdom. Pp. 107-118. <em>In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 1.</em> (Sherwood,Gilbert, and Piper: London): 1-813.
page(s): 108 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). A review of Iophonidae, Myxillidae and Tedaniidae occurring in the South East Pacific (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 103 (1): 3-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.79938 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 2 Volumes. 1706 pp. [2002 printed version ISBN 0-306-47260-0, 2004 eBook electronic version ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5]. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5 [details]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp. 9-14 <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002 [2004]). (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp. 9-14 <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
page(s): 108 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). A review of Iophonidae, Myxillidae and Tedaniidae occurring in the South East Pacific (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 103 (1): 3-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.79938 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 2 Volumes. 1706 pp. [2002 printed version ISBN 0-306-47260-0, 2004 eBook electronic version ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5]. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5 [details]
additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp. 9-14 <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002 [2004]). (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp. 9-14 <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porifera)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (10 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 078136)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porifera)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (10 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 078136)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally