Lithistida

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Lithistida

1. A taxonomic order within the class Demospongiae – certain demosponges.

Usage notes

• Sometimes a subclass

Synonyms

• (order): Heteroscleromorpha - subclass; Desmophorida

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (order): Azoricidae, Corallistidae, Desmanthidae, Isoraphiniidae, Macandrewiidae, Neopeltidae, Phymaraphiniidae, Phymatellidae, Pleromidae, Scleritodermidae, Siphonidiidae, Theonellidae, Vetulinidae - families

References

• Heteroscleromorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lithistida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lithistida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lithistida at World Register of Marine Species
• Lithistida at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Heteroscleromorpha at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Lithistida at Paleobiology Database

• 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