Spongillida

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha
Ordo: Spongillida
Familiae (6 + †1): Lubomirskiidae – Malawispongiidae – Metaniidae – Metschnikowiidae – †Palaeospongillidae – Potamolepidae – Spongillidae
Genera incertae sedis (5): Acanthotylotra – Arinosaster – Balliviaspongia – Makedia – Ohridospongilla

Name

Spongillida Manconi & Pronzato, 2002

Combinations

• Spongillina Manconi & Pronzato, 2002: 921 [original combination, as suborder]

References

Primary references

• Manconi, R. & Pronzato, R. 2002. Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.). Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gee, N.G. 1931: Fresh-water sponges from Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum, 18(2): 25–62. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1931.716 Reference page. 
• Racek, A.A. 1969. The freshwater sponges of Australia (Porifera: Spongillidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 20: 267–310. [1]
• Volkmer-Riveiro, C. 1981. Key to the presently known families and genera of Neotropical freshwater sponges. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 41(4): 803–808.
• Manconi, R. & Pronzato, R. 2008. Global diversity of sponges (Porifera: Spongillina) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 27–33.
• Morrow, C. & Cárdenas, P. 2015. Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology 12: 7. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-015-0099-8 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Freshwater Sponges
magyar: Édesvízi szivacsok

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