Venus' Flower Basket Sponge   25-V
METAZOA
Porifera
 
 
Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum)
[Public Domain]



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Metazoa
  2. Classification of Metazoa
  3. Placozoa
  4. Mesozoa
  5. Porifera (Sponges)

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Porifera is the phylum of sponges. It contains three classes: Calcarea, Demospongiae and Hexactinellida
  • CLASS CALACAREA
    • SUBCLASS CALCARONEA
      • ORDER BAERIDA
      • ORDER LEUCOSOLENIDA
      • ORDER LITHONIDA
    • SUBCLASS CALCINEA
      • ORDER CLATHRINIDA
      • ORDER MURRAYONIDA
  • CLASS DEMOSPONGIAE
    • SUBCLASS CERACTINOMORPHA
      • ORDER AGELASIDA
        • Pipes-Of-Pan Sponge (Agelas sp.)
      • ORDER DENDROCERATIDA
      • ORDER DICTYOCERATIDA
      • ORDER HALICHONDRIDA
      • ORDER HAPLOSCLERIDA
        • Azure Vase Sponge (Callyspongia plicifera) - NOAH
        • Niphates erecta - NOAH
      • ORDER POECILOSCLERIDA
        • Red Volcano Sponge (Acarnus erithacus)
        • Strawberry Sponge (Mycale)
      • ORDER VERONGIDA
        • Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) - NOAH
    • SUBCLASS HOMOSCLEROMORPHA
    • SUBCLASS TETRACTINOMORPHA
      • ORDER ASTROPHORIDA
      • ORDER HADROMERIDA
        • Orange Puffball Sponge (Tethya aurantia)
      • ORDER LITHISTIDA
      • ORDER SPIROPHORIDA
        • Orange Ball Sponge (Cinachyrella alloclada) - NOAH - Florida Aquarium
    • ORDER CHORISTIDA
  • CLASS HEXACTINELLIDA
    • SUBCLASS AMPHIDISCOPHORA
      • ORDER AMPHIDISCOSIDA
    • SUBCLASS HEXASTEROPHORA
      • ORDER HEXACTINOSIDA
      • ORDER LYSSACINOSIDA
        • Venus's Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) - EOL

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