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Porifera

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
PHYLUM
Published in
Grant, R. E. (1836). Animal Kingdom. Pp. 107-118. In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 1, (Sherwood,Gilbert, and Piper: London): 1–813. https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7516

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Porifera

Name

Homonyms
Porifera
Common names
Havsvampe in Danish
Schwämme in German
Sponge in English
Sponge in English
Sponges in English
Sponges in English
esponja in Portuguese
esponjas in Spanish
porifero in Portuguese
sienieläimet in Finnish
sponge in English
sponges in English
sponges in English
sponges in English
svampdjur in Swedish
Éponges in French
éponges in French
éponges in French
svampar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
svampdjur in Swedish
svamper in Norwegian Bokmål
Encrusting Sponges in English
Encrusting Sponges in English
Encrusting sponges in English
Schwämme in German
Schwämme in German
Sponge in English
Sponge in English
Sponge Crusts in English
Sponge Crusts in English
Sponge crusts in English
Sponges in English
esponjas in Spanish
esponjas in Spanish
esponjas in Portuguese
esponjas in Portuguese
sifongo in language.
sifongo in language.
sponges in English
sponges in English
sponzen in Dutch
sponzen in Dutch
spugne in Italian
spugne in Italian
svampdjur in Swedish
svampdjur in Swedish
éponges in French
éponges in French
海綿動物門 in Japanese
海綿動物門 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster, 2016: Chapter 6: Two Basal Metazoan Phyla: Porifera and Placozoa. Invertebrates, Third Edition. 213-263.
  2. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  3. Dyntaxa (2024) Name originating in Dyntaxa
  4. Grant, R.E. (1836). Animal Kingdom. Pp. 107-118. <em>In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 1.</em> (Sherwood,Gilbert, and Piper: London): 1-813.
  5. Grant, R.E. (1836). Animal Kingdom. Pp. 107-118. <em>In: Todd, R.B. (Ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 1.</em> (Sherwood,Gilbert, and Piper: London): 1-813.
  6. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  7. Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (2002)
  8. Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 2 Volumes. 1706 pp. [2002 printed version ISBN 0-306-47260-0, 2004 eBook electronic version ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5].
  9. Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. 2 Volumes. 1706 pp. [2002 printed version ISBN 0-306-47260-0, 2004 eBook electronic version ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5].
  10. Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002 [2004]). (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp. 9-14 <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
  11. Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002 [2004]). (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp. 9-14 <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
  12. Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp. 9-14 <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
  13. Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Debrenne, F. (2002). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp. 9-14 <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002) <i>Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
  14. Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Pisera, A. (2011). Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 13-18.
  15. Hooper, John N. A., Rob W. M. van Soest, and Andrzej Pisera / Zhang, Z.-Q., ed., 2011: Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, issue 3148. 13-18.
  16. Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds., 2002: null. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. xlviii + 1708.
  17. Ols Eggers et al. (2007)
  18. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
  19. Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248. 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
  20. WoRMS Editorial Board (2018) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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