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

  Subfamily - Phyllospongiinae
  Family - Thorectidae
  Order - Dictyoceratida
  Class - Demospongiae
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Phyllospongia alcornis
      Species - Phyllospongia coriacea
      Species - Phyllospongia dendyi
      Species - Phyllospongia ectoscula
      Species - Phyllospongia elegans
      Species - Phyllospongia fissurata
      Species - Phyllospongia lekanis
      Species - Phyllospongia palmata
      Species - Phyllospongia papyracea
      Species - Phyllospongia plicata
      Species - Phyllospongia poculum
      Species - Phyllospongia torresia
      Species - Phyllospongia velum
      Species - Phyllospongia vermiularis
      Species - Phyllospongia vermifera