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Poecilosclerida

131599  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131599)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
Topsent, 1928
accepted
Order
Latrunculina · unaccepted (disused)
Microcionina · unaccepted (disused)
Mycalina · unaccepted (disused)
Myxillina · unaccepted (disused)

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  1. Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922
  2. Family Chondropsidae Carter, 1886
  3. Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922
  4. Family Coelocarteriidae Leal, Salani, Moraes & Hajdu, 2023
  5. Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922
  6. Family Crambeidae Lévi, 1963
  7. Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922
  8. Family Dendoricellidae Hentschel, 1923
  9. Family Desmacididae Schmidt, 1870
  10. Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1917
  11. Family Esperiopsidae Hentschel, 1923
  12. Family Guitarridae Dendy, 1924
  13. Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928
  14. Family Iotrochotidae Dendy, 1922
  15. Family Isodictyidae Dendy, 1924
  16. Family Latrunculiidae Topsent, 1922
  17. Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875
  18. Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905
  19. Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922
  20. Family Phellodermidae van Soest & Hajdu, 2002
  21. Family Podospongiidae Laubenfels, 1936
  22. Family Tedaniidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  23. Family Anchinoidae Topsent, 1928 accepted as Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928 (junior synonym)
  24. Family Arenochalininae Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905 (nomen oblitum)
  25. Family Clathriidae Lendenfeld, 1884 accepted as Microcionidae Carter, 1875 (junior synonym)
  26. Subfamily Collosclerophoreae Dendy, 1922 accepted as Chondropsidae Carter, 1886 (junior synonym)
  27. Family Collosclerophoridae Dendy, 1922 accepted as Chondropsidae Carter, 1886 (junior synonym)
  28. Family Cornulidae Lévi & Lévi, 1983 accepted as Acarnidae Dendy, 1922 (junior synonym)
  29. Family Desmacidonidae Gray, 1872 accepted as Desmacididae Schmidt, 1870 (spelling variation)
  30. Family Esperellinae Ridley & Dendy, 1887 accepted as Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905 (nomen oblitum)
  31. Family Esperiadae Gray, 1867 accepted as Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905 (nomen oblitum)
  32. Subfamily Iophoneae Burton, 1929 accepted as Acarnidae Dendy, 1922 (junior synonym)
  33. Family Iophonidae Burton, 1929 accepted as Acarnidae Dendy, 1922 (junior synonym)
  34. Suborder Latrunculina accepted as Poecilosclerida (disused)
  35. Suborder Microcionina accepted as Poecilosclerida (disused)
  36. Suborder Mycalina accepted as Poecilosclerida (disused)
  37. Suborder Myxillina accepted as Poecilosclerida (disused)
  38. Family Phoriospongiidae Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Chondropsidae Carter, 1886 (junior synonym)
  39. Subfamily Phoriospongiinae Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Chondropsidae Carter, 1886 (junior synonym)
  40. Family Phoriosponginae Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Chondropsidae Carter, 1886 (junior synonym)
  41. Family Psammascidae Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Chondropsidae Carter, 1886 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI. [details] OpenAccess publication
WoRMS (2025). Poecilosclerida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131599 on 2025-04-19
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2006-05-18 10:05:01Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2006-12-09 19:55:42Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2015-04-22 06:11:52Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Microcionina) Hajdu, E.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (1994). Proposal for a phylogenetic subordinal classification for poecilosclerid sponges. <i>In</i>: Van Soest, R.W.M., van Kempen, T.M.G., Braekman, J.C. (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 123-139. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Mycalina) Hajdu, E.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (1994). Proposal for a phylogenetic subordinal classification for poecilosclerid sponges. <i>In</i>: Van Soest, R.W.M., van Kempen, T.M.G., Braekman, J.C. (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 123-139. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Myxillina) Hajdu, E.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (1994). Proposal for a phylogenetic subordinal classification for poecilosclerid sponges. <i>In</i>: Van Soest, R.W.M., van Kempen, T.M.G., Braekman, J.C. (eds) Sponges in Time and Space. Biology, Chemistry, Paleontology. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 123-139. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Latrunculina) Kelly, M.; Samaai, T. (2002). Suborder Latrunculina subord. nov. <i>incertae sedis</i>. p. 707. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] 

original description (of Latrunculina) Kelly, M.; Samaai, T. (2002 [2004]). Suborder <i>Latrunculina</i> subord. nov. incertae sedis. p. 707. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). <em>Frontiers in Zoology.</em> 12: 7., available online at http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/12/1/7
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Order Poecilosclerida Topsent, 1928. Pp. 403-408. <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). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Order Poecilosclerida Topsent, 1928. Pp. 403-408. <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). ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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] OpenAccess publication

 
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