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Monophyletic taxon:
Phylum
Porifera
Grant, 1836
- sponges
(sponge)
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Entity:
Animalia (Kingdom) - animals
..Ctenophora (Phylum) - comb jellies
..Planulozoa (Clade)
..†Problematica
..†Vendozoa (Phylum)
..Porifera (Phylum) - sponges
....†Amorphofungia (Genus)
....†Archaeocyatha (Class)
....Calcarea (Class) - calcareous sponges
....†Cribricyatha (Class)
....†Cribroscyphia (Genus)
....†Cupulochonia (Genus)
....†Discaelia (Genus)
....†Dischonia (Genus)
....†Discoelia (Genus)
....†Drosdovia (Genus)
....†Eocoryne (Genus)
....†Etallonia (Genus)
....†Heteractinida (Class)
....Homoscleromorpha (Class)
....†Monotheles (Genus)
....†Peridonella (Genus)
....Placodictyum (Genus)
....†Polyactinellidae (Family)
....†Porosmilia (Genus)
....†Porostoma (Genus)
....†Radiocyatha (Class)
....†Receptaculitidae (Family)
....Silicispongia
....†Siphoneudea (Genus)
....†Sparsispongia (Genus)
....†Spongodiscus (Genus)
....†Steneudea (Genus)
....†Stenocoelia (Genus)
....†Stromatidiidae (Family)
....†Tadassiidae (Family)
....†Thectardis (Genus) - triangles
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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28 Aug 2026