Demospongiae

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin plural of Demospongia.

Proper noun

Demospongiae

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Porifera – very many sponges.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Porifera – phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Ceractinomorpha, Homoscleromorpha, Tetractinomorpha - orders in some systems
  • Agelasida, Astrophorida, Chondrosiida, Dendroceratida, Dictyoceratida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Lithistida, Poecilosclerida, Spirophorida, Verongiida - orders

References

• Demospongiae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Demospongiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Demospongiae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI