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Monophyletic taxon: Phylum Porifera Grant, 1836 - sponges (sponge)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  R.E. Grant, in Todd, 1836

Etymology

Derived name: Poribacteria (Phylum) (sic) Fieseler et al. 2004 nom. pro-inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [5 Jun 2026].
Derived name: Poribacteriota (Phylum) corrig. Fieseler et al. 2023 nom. pro-illeg. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [5 Jun 2026].
Derived name: Porifericola (Genus) Yoon et al. 2011 nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [10 Apr 2026].
Derived name: Porifericomes (Genus) Nguyen et al. 2023 nom. pro-inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [11 May 2026].
Derived name: Poriferihabitans (Genus) Nguyen et al. 2023 nom. pro-inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [3 May 2026].
Derived name: Poriferisphaera (Genus) Kallscheuer et al. 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 Apr 2026].
Derived name: Poriferisulfidus (Genus) corrig. Lavy et al. 2020 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [5 May 2026].
Derived name: Porinitrospira (Genus) Taylor et al. 2022 nom. nud. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 Apr 2026].
Derived name: Porivivens (Genus) Taylor et al. 2022 nom. nud. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 Apr 2026].

Variants

Clade-based name: Porifera (Clade) Grant 1836 [Manuel & Boury-Esnault 2020] Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 35). [inferred]
Different rank: Porifera (Kingdom) Grant, 1836
Former unranked name: Porifera ([unranked]) Grant, 1836
Grade: Parazoa ([unranked]) (Sollas, 1884)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Amorphoctista ([unranked]) Hogg, 1860
Synonymous name: Amorphozoa (Class) M. de Blainville
Synonymous name: Parazoa (Subkingdom) (Sollas, 1884) Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 414. [implicit]
Synonymous name: Parazoa (Branch) (Sollas, 1884) Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 414. [implicit]
Synonymous name: Parazoa (Superphylum) Sollas, 1884 Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 414. [implicit]
Synonymous name: Spongiaria (Infrakingdom) De Blainville, 1816 Ref: H.G. Hansson (comp.), 1996-1999
Synonymous name (objective): Spongia (Phylum) Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Including: Cellularia (Subphylum) Reiswig & Mackie, 1983
Including: Silicosponga (Infrakingdom)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: sponzen Ref: A.C. Campbell, 1994 (1976)

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: sponges
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