Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera. Cárdenas, P.; Pérez, T.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2012). Sponge Systematics Facing...
specimen had a spicule assemblage similar to that found in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. The earliest sponge-bearing reefs date to the Early Cambrian (they...
Clionaida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. Familiae within this order include: Acanthochaetetidae Fischer, 1970 Clionaidae...
Spongillida is an order of freshwater sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. Manconi, R.; Pronzato, R. 2002. Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater...
Vetulina is a genus of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Vetulinidae and the monotypic order...
Biemnida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. Morrow, C. C.; Redmond, N. E.; Picton, B. E.; Thacker, R. W.; Collins, A. G.; Maggs...
Bubarida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. Morrow C.; Cárdenas P. (2015). "Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae...
(2020). "Three new species of Poecilosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae, Heteroscleromorpha) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska". Zootaxa. 4851 (1): 137–150....
Desmacellidae is a family of marine demosponges. It is the only family in the monotypic order Desmacellida. The following genera are recognized in the...
Axinellida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. The order contains the families Axinellidae, Heteroxyidae, Raspailiidae, and...
Trachycladidae is a family of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only family in the monotypic order Trachycladida. Rhaphidhistia...
The list of sponges of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the poriferan (Phylum Porifera) fauna of South Africa. Taxonomy follows WoRMS...
Tethyida is an order of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. Morrow C.; Cárdenas P. (2015). "Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae...
Stylissa massa is a species of sponge that was first described by H.J. Carter 1887. Several bioactive compounds have been isolated from this species, including...
Axinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Axinellida. This family includes some photo-synthetic sponges that occur throughout the world's coral reefs...
Scopalinidae is a family of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only family in the monotypic order Scopalinida. Morrow C.; Cárdenas...
Bubaridae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Bubarida. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. There are six genera: Auletta Schmidt, 1870 Bubaris...
Dictyonellidae is a family of sponges in the order Bubarida, based on the genus Dictyonella Schmidt, 1868. It may be noted that Dictyonellida Cooper, 1956...
Svenzea is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Scopalinidae, first described in 2002. The species of this genus are found in Indonesia and Central...
Acanthochaetetidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Clionaida. It is largely extinct, but contains two extant genera, each of which are represented...
Svenzea zeai is a species of sponge belonging to the family Scopalinidae, first described in 1998 as Pseudaxinella zeai. The species epithet, zeai, honours...
Palaeospongillidae is a family of extinct sponges with three genera and three species: †Eospongilla Dunagan, 1999 †Eospongilla morrisonensis Dunagan, 1999...
Merliida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha, first described as such by Jean Vacelet in 1979. Vacelet, J. 1979. Description...
Vetulinidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Sphaerocladina. Genera: Macrobrochus Schrammen, 1910 Ozotrachelus de Laubenfels, 1955 Vetulina...
Lubomirskiidae is a family of freshwater sponges from Lake Baikal in Russia. Lubomirskia baikalensis, Baikalospongia bacillifera and B. intermedia are...
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