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Branch-based clade: Homoscleromorpha Lévi 1973 [Borchiellini et al. 2004] (sponge)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Porifera

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt)

Ref: C. Borchiellini et al., 2004: 833.

Defined by excluded taxon

*Beroe ovata* Bruguière, 1789		Ref: C. Borchiellini et al., 2004: 833.
*Geodia cydonium* O.F. Müller, 1798		Ref: C. Borchiellini et al., 2004: 833.
*Hydra viridis* Linnaeus, 1767		Ref: C. Borchiellini et al., 2004: 833.
*Leucosolenia variabilis* Haeckel, 1870		Ref: C. Borchiellini et al., 2004: 833.
*Oopsacas minuta* Topsent, 1927		Ref: C. Borchiellini et al., 2004: 833.

Current position

Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836

Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 439). [implicit]

Alternative positions

*Porifera* ([unranked]) Grant, 1836	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 439).
*Silicispongia* ([unranked]) Schmidt, 1862	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 415.

Historical positions

*Porifera* ([unranked]) Grant, 1836	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 439).
*Silicispongia* ([unranked]) Schmidt, 1862	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 415.

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