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

      Direct Children

      Species - Fasciospongia cerebriformis
      Species - Fasciospongia chondrodes
      Species - Fasciospongia costifera
      Species - Fasciospongia crassa
      Species - Fasciospongia excavatus
      Species - Fasciospongia fenestrata
      Species - Fasciospongia implexus
      Species - Fasciospongia levis
      Species - Fasciospongia nardorus
      Species - Fasciospongia pulcherrima
      Species - Fasciospongia reticulata
      Species - Fasciospongia turgida