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Poecilosclerida

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Poecilosclerida
Hemimycale columella (Hymedesmiidae)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Topsent, 1928
Families

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Poecilosclerida is an order of the demosponge class. It is the most speciose demosponge order with over 2200 species (World Porifera Database[2]). It contains about 25 recognised families. They are characterised by having chelae microscleres, that is, the minute spicules scattered through the tissues, usually in the 10-60 μm range, have a shovel-like structure on the end.[3]

Most of the families are viviparous with parenchymella larvae that are uniformly ciliated.[3]

Monanchora arbuscula (Crambeidae)

Families

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As of 2018, the following families are recognized:[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2021). "Poecilosclerida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. "Porifera news". marinespecies.org. World Porifera Database. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 van Soest, Rob. "Order Poecilosclerida". species-identification.org. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 Merrick Ekins, Dirk Erpenbeck, Lisa Goudie, John N. A. Hooper: New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. In: ZooTaxa Volume 4878, No. 2. Jan 2021. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2. Along with: