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Monophyletic taxon:
Keratosa
Grant, 1861 [Borchiellini
et al.
, 2004]
(sponge)
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Entity:
[Demospongiae]
..[Haplosclerida]
..[Haploscleromorpha]
..[Heteroscleromorpha]
..[Myxospongiae]
..[Keratosa]
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Porifera
Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)
Spongia officinalis
Linnaeus, 1759
Ref:
C. Borchiellini et al., 2004
: 833.
Defined by excluded taxon
Aplysina cavernicola
(Vacelet, 1959)
Ref:
C. Borchiellini et al., 2004
: 833.
Geodia cydonium
O.F. Müller, 1798
Ref:
C. Borchiellini et al., 2004
: 833.
Haliclona mediterranea
Griessinger, 1971
Ref:
C. Borchiellini et al., 2004
: 833.
Current position
Demospongiae
([unranked])
Sollas, 1885 [Borchiellini
et al.
, 2004]
Ref:
S.M. Adl et al., 2012
: table 2 (p. 439).
Historical positions
Demospongiae
([unranked])
Sollas, 1885 [Borchiellini
et al.
, 2004]
Ref:
S.M. Adl et al., 2012
: table 2 (p. 439).
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28 Aug 2026