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Porifera (sponge)
Taxonomy
Porifera was named by Grant (1836). It is extant.
It was assigned to Parazoa by Kiessling (2003); and to Metazoa by Sepkoski (2002) and Adl et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Parazoa by Kiessling (2003); and to Metazoa by Sepkoski (2002) and Adl et al. (2005).
Subtaxa
Archaeocyatha, Calcarea, Caliculospongia, Clathrispongia, Coronacollina, Cotyliscus, Cuneiphycus, Cyathophyscus, Cyclospongia, Demospongea, Disjectoporidae, Drosdovia, Eocoryne, Glenodictyum, Heteractinida, Hexactinellida, Holocoelia, Matthewcyathus, Megalelasma, Microcoryne, Mussooriella, Nabaviella, Nostrocyathus, Oligoplagia, Phymoraphinia, Polyactinellidae, Scyphia, Shitangspongia, Sinoflabrum, Solactiniella, Stromatoporoidea, Tragos, Trammeria
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1836 | Porifera Grant |
| 2002 | Porifera Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Porifera Kiessling |
| 2005 | Porifera Adl et al. p. 401 figs. Table 1 |
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