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  Class Demospongiae

Subclass Heteroscleromorpha (+ Hadromerida)

    Order Spongillida -- Wisconsin!
    Order Agelasida
    Order Axinellida
    Order Biemnida
    Order Bubarida
    Order Clionaida
    Order Desmacellida
    Order Haplosclerida
    Order Lithistida
    Order Merliida
    Order Poecilosclerida
    Order Polymastiida
    Order Scopalinida
    Order Sphaerocladina
    Order Suberitida
    Order Tethyida
    Order Tetractinellida
    Order Trachycladida

Taxon Information

The Subclass Heteroscleromorpha has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Hadromerida, "12 families" (Hooper et al., 2011).

Bibliography

• Hooper, J.N.A., R.W.M. Van Soest & A. Pisera. 2011. Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness . Zootaxa 3148: 13–18. [Available online]

Web Pages

• World Porifera Database