Heteroscleromorpha
| Heteroscleromorpha | |
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| Axinella polypoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Subclass: | Heteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012[1] |
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List
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Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera.[2][3]
Heteroscleromorpha has the most taxa of the demosponge subclasses, with an estimated 7500 species.
References
- ^ Cárdenas, P.; Pérez, T.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2012). Sponge Systematics Facing New Challenges. Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology. 79-209., page(s): 170
- ^ van Soest, R. (2016). Heteroscleromorpha. Accessed through World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17.
- ^ Morrow, C. C.; Redmond, N. E.; Picton, B. E.; Thacker, R. W.; Collins, A. G.; Maggs, C. A.; Sigwart, J. D.; Allcock, A. L. (2013-09-01). "Molecular Phylogenies Support Homoplasy of Multiple Morphological Characters Used in the Taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae)". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53 (3): 428–446. doi:10.1093/icb/ict065. ISSN 1540-7063. PMC 3744896. PMID 23753661.