Spirophorida

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Spirophorida
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Spirophorida
Bergquist & Hogg, 1969
families
  • Samidae Sollas, 1888
  • Spirasigmidae Hallmann, 1912
  • Tetillidae Sollas, 1886

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

Members of this order are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Spirophorida (TSN 659133). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 15 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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