RAMS taxon details
Homoscleromorpha
131587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131587)
Bergquist, 1978
accepted
Class
- Order Homosclerophorida
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bergquist, P.R. (1978). Sponges. <em>Hutchinson: London, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles.</em> 1-268. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Homoscleromorpha. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131587 on 2026-09-10
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Homoscleromorpha. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131587 on 2026-09-10
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Bergquist, P.R. (1978). Sponges. <em>Hutchinson: London, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles.</em> 1-268. [details]
basis of record Gazave, E.; Lapébie, P.; Ereskovsky, A.V.; Vacelet, J.; Renard, E.; Cárdenas, P.; Borchiellini, C. (2012). No longer Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha formal nomination as a fourth class of Porifera. <i>In</i>: Maldonado M, Turon X, Becerro MA, Uriz MJ (eds) Ancient Animals, New Challenges. Sponge Research Developments. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 687(1): 3-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0842-x [details] Available for editors
additional source Domingos, C.; Lage, A.; Muricy, G. (2016). Overview of the biodiversity and distribution of the Class Homoscleromorpha in the Tropical Western Atlantic. <i>In</i>: Schönberg CHL, Fromont J, Hooper NA, Sorokin S, Zhang W, de Voogd N (eds) New Frontiers in Sponge Science – the 2013 Fremantle Sponge Conference. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 96, 379-389., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000375 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ise, Y. (2013). From taxonomy to Zoology―Case study of sponge, “a fourth class of phylum Porifera: Homoscleromorpha”. <em>TAXA, Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.</em> 34: 18-24 (in Japanese with English abstract). [details] Available for editors
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]
basis of record Gazave, E.; Lapébie, P.; Ereskovsky, A.V.; Vacelet, J.; Renard, E.; Cárdenas, P.; Borchiellini, C. (2012). No longer Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha formal nomination as a fourth class of Porifera. <i>In</i>: Maldonado M, Turon X, Becerro MA, Uriz MJ (eds) Ancient Animals, New Challenges. Sponge Research Developments. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 687(1): 3-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0842-x [details] Available for editors
additional source Domingos, C.; Lage, A.; Muricy, G. (2016). Overview of the biodiversity and distribution of the Class Homoscleromorpha in the Tropical Western Atlantic. <i>In</i>: Schönberg CHL, Fromont J, Hooper NA, Sorokin S, Zhang W, de Voogd N (eds) New Frontiers in Sponge Science – the 2013 Fremantle Sponge Conference. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 96, 379-389., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000375 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ise, Y. (2013). From taxonomy to Zoology―Case study of sponge, “a fourth class of phylum Porifera: Homoscleromorpha”. <em>TAXA, Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.</em> 34: 18-24 (in Japanese with English abstract). [details] Available for editors
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
