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: 2007

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Genus - Spheciospongia
      Genus - Cliona
      Genus - Cervicornia
      Genus - Clionaopsis
      Genus - Cliothosa
      Genus - Pione
      Genus - Thoosa
      Genus - Volzia