Sclerospongiae

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + σπογγιά (spongiá, “sponge”).

Proper noun

Sclerospongiae

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Porifera – coralline sponges.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (class): Heteroscleromorpha, Keratosa, Verongimorpha, †Takakkawia - subclasses

See also

• Homoscleromorpha

References

• Sclerospongiae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sclerospongiae 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248