IRMNG - Porifera

IRMNG taxon details

Porifera

IRMNG_ID

190 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:190)

Classification

Authority

Grant, 1826

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Animalia

Direct children (36)

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Class Archaeocyatha †
Class Calcarea
Class Calcispongea
Genus Calliospongia Chen, Porras, Ma, Hou & Wörheide, 2023 †
Genus Cambrophyllum Fritz & Howell, 1955 †
Genus Celtispongia Peel, 2019 †
Class Demospongea
Family Disjectoporidae Tornquist, 1901 †
Genus Harklessia Hicks, 2006 †
Genus Heteractenigma Botting & Zhang, 2013 †
Class Heteractinida †
Class Hexactinellida
Genus Iniquispongia Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi, 2020 †
Genus Labyrinthus Kobluk, 1979 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
Genus Palaeomillepora Gabilly & Lafuste, 1957 †
Genus Perturbatacrusta Schlagintweit & Gawlick, 2011 †
Genus Portalia Walcott, 1918 †
Genus Rosellatana Kobluk, 1984 †
Genus Sanningasoqia Peel, 2019 †
Genus Seqineqia Peel, 2018 †
Genus Seriespongia Senowbari-Daryan, Fürsich & Rashidi, 2020 †
Genus Sisamatispongia Peel, 2018 †
Class Spongiomorpha
Class Stromatoporoidea †
Genus Sulukispicula Peel, 2019 †
Genus Tallitaniqa Peel, 2018 †
Genus Vasispongia Tang & Xiao in Tang et al., 2019 †
Genus Achilleum Oken, 1815 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published in suppressed work)
Class Archaeocyathea † accepted as Archaeocyatha † (variant spelling)
Genus Conciliospongia Botting, Zhang & Muir, 2017 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)
Class Hyalospongea accepted as Hexactinellida
Class Hyalospongiae accepted as Hexactinellida
Genus Palaeomillepora Gabilly & Lafuste, 1957, nom. nud. † accepted as Palaeomillepora Gabilly & Lafuste, 1957 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Class Stromatoporata accepted as Stromatoporoidea †
Class Porifera (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
Genus Siphydora James-Clark, 1865 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Porifera. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190 on 2026-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-31 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2017-04-07 22:26:17Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (2)
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additional source Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Pisera, A. (2011). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 13-18. [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

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