WoRMS taxon details
Porifera
- Class Calcarea
- Class Demospongiae
- Class Hexactinellida
- Class Homoscleromorpha
- Class Calcispongia accepted as Calcarea (preoccupied by a genus)
- Class Calcispongiae accepted as Calcarea (synonym)
- Class Hyalospongiae accepted as Hexactinellida (junior synonym)
- Class Sclerospongiae accepted as Demospongiae (disused)
- Subphylum Silicea (disused)
- 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]
WoRMS (2025). Porifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclature
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]
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]. , available online at https://www-springer-com.naturalis.idm.oclc.org/gp/book/9780306472602 [details]
page(s): 108 [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]. , available online at https://www-springer-com.naturalis.idm.oclc.org/gp/book/9780306472602 [details]
Other
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. [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) [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
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. [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) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | sponzen | [details] |
| English | sponges | [details] |
| French | éponges | [details] |
| German | Schwämme | [details] |
| Italian | spugne | [details] |
| Japanese | 海綿動物門 | [details] |
| Portuguese | esponjas | [details] |
| Spanish | esponjas | [details] |
| Swahili (individual language) | sifongo | [details] |
| Swedish | svampdjur | [details] |
