Halichondrida

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Halichondrida
Halichondria panicea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Halichondrida
Gray, 1867
Families

Axinellidae
Bubaridae
Dictyonellidae
Halichondriidae
Heteroxyidae

Halichondrida is an order of marine demosponges. Demosponges with simple spicules and a generally confused skeletal arrangement are presently grouped into this order although its monophyly is considered suspect and further taxonomic revision can be expected.

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