Dictyoceratida

Dictyoceratida
A commensal amphipod emerges from a Stinking Vase Sponge (Ircinia campana) collected during the first dive of the Islands in the Stream 2002 mission at the St. Augustine Scarp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Ceractinomorpha
Order: Dictyoceratida
Minchin, 1900
Families
  • Dysideidae
  • Irciniidae
  • Spongiidae
  • Thorectidae
  • Verticillitidae

Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families.[1]

References

  1. ↑ van Soest, R. (2014). Dictyoceratida. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131595 on 2014-04-25

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