Homoscleromorpha

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Homoscleromorpha
Ordines (1): Homosclerophorida

Homoscleromorpha Bergquist, 1978

Homosclerophorida — Lévi, 1973: 591 [first use as a subclassis within Desmospongiae]
Homoscleromorpha Bergquist, 1978 [create a new name for the subclassis within Demospongiae]
Homoscleromorpha — Gazave et al., 2012: 4 [raised to classis]

Lévi, C. 1973. Systématique de la classe des Demospongiaria (Démosponges). Pp. 577–631. In: Grassé, P.-P. (Ed.). Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Tome III: Spongiaires. Fascicule 1: Anatomie, Physiologie, Systématique, Écologie. Masson et Cie: Paris. viii + 716 pp. Reference page.
Bergquist, P.R. 1978. Sponges. Hutchinson & Co: London. 268 pp. ISBN 9780091318208 Reference page.
Gazave, E., Lapébie, P., Ereskovsky, A.V., Vacelet, J., Renard, E., Cárdenas, P. & Borchiellini, C. 2012. No longer Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha formal nomination as a fourth class of Porifera. In: Maldonado, M., Turon, X., Becerro, M.A. & Uriz, M.J. (Eds). Ancient Animals, New Challenges. Sponge Research Developments. Hydrobiologia 687(1): 3–10. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0842-x Reference page.

Díaz, M.C., Nuttall, M., Pomponi, S.A., Rützler, K., Klontz, S., Adams, C., Hickerson, E.L. & Schmahl, G.P. 2023. An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and vicinities. Zookeys 1161ː 1–68. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1161.93754 Reference page.
Gazave, E., Lapébie, P., Renard, E., Vacelet, J., Rocher, C., Ereskovsky, A.V., Lavrov, D.V. & Borchiellini, C. 2010. Molecular Phylogeny Restores the Supra-Generic Subdivision of Homoscleromorph Sponges (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha). PLoS One 5(12): e14290. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014290 . Reference page.
Boury-Esnault, N., Lavrov, D.V., Ruiz, C.A. & Pérez, T. 2013. The Integrative Taxonomic Approach Applied to Porifera: A Case Study of the Homoscleromorpha. Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(3): 416–427. DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict042 Reference page.