NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Dictyoceratida
  Class - Demospongiae
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Spongia
      Genus - Cryptospongia
      Genus - Heteronema
      Genus - Hyattella
      Genus - Hippospongia
      Genus - Leiosella
      Genus - Coscinoderma
      Genus - Rhopaloeides