Hadromerida

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Hadromerida
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Hadromerida
Topsent, 1894
families
  • Acanthochaetetidae Fischer, 1970
  • Alectonidae Rosell, 1996
  • Choanitidae
  • Clionidae d'Orbigny, 1851
  • Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Placospongiidae Gray, 1867
  • Polymastiidae Gray, 1867
  • Sollasellidae Lendenfeld, 1887
  • Spirastrellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  • Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892
  • Suberitidae Schmidt, 1870
  • Tethyidae Gray, 1848
  • Timeidae Topsent, 1928
  • Trachycladidae Hallmann, 1917

Hadromerida is an order of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.[1]

Some members of this order are the targeted prey of hawksbill turtles.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Hadromerida (TSN 48443). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 16 February 2007.
  2. ^ Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science 239 (4838): 393–395. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 


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