WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Lévi, C. (1953). Sur une nouvelle classification des Démosponges. <em>Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 236 (8): 853-855. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Class Demospongiae Sollas, 1885. Pp. 15-18. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes). Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 (2004)). Class Demospongiae Sollas, 1885. Pp. 15-18. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) <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 [request]
Othercontext source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Lévi (1953) subdivided the Demospongiae in three subclasses based on reproductive characters. Ceractinomorpha were defined as viviparous sponges. As gradually more information has become available on reproductive modes of sponges, vivipary was demonstrated to be a marker at most for lower taxa (family, genus). The Systema Porifera suggested to abandon the subclass level until such time that new markers would become available. [details]
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