Verongimorpha

Verongimorpha is the name of a subclass of sea sponges within the phylum Porifera. It was first authenticated and described by Erpenbeck et al. in 2012.[2]

Verongimorpha
Aplysina archeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Verongimorpha
Erpenbeck, Sutcliffe, De Cook, Dietzel, Maldonado, van Soest, Hooperr & Wörheide, 2012, 2012[1]
Orders

Chondrillida
Chondrosiida
Verongida

Synonyms
  • Myxospongiae Haeckel, 1866

References

  1. Erpenbeck, Dirk; Sutcliffe, Patricia; Cook, Steve de C.; Dietzel, Andreas; Maldonado, Manuel; Van Soest, Rob W.M.; Hooper, John N.A.; Wörheide, Gert (2012). "Horny sponges and their affairs: On the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63 (3): 809–816. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.024. PMID 22406528.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Verongimorpha". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-02-16.


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