NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Family - Hemiasterellidae
      Family - Choanitidae
      Family - Spirastrellidae
      Family - Suberitidae
      Family - Polymastiidae
      Family - Placospongiidae
      Family - Stylocordylidae
      Family - Sollasellidae
      Family - Tethyidae
      Family - Timeidae
      Family - Trachycladidae
      Family - Acanthochaetetidae
      Family - Alectonidae
      Family - Clionaidae