NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Spongia tubulifera
      Species - Spongia officinalis
      Species - Spongia obscura
      Species - Spongia cerebriformis
      Species - Spongia barbara
      Species - Spongia cheiris
      Species - Spongia graminea
      Species - Spongia sterea
      Subgenus - Spongia (Australospongia)
      Subgenus - Spongia (Heterofibria)
      Subgenus - Spongia (Spongia)