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Verongiida
Order of sponges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Verongiida (also known as Verongida) is an order of sea sponges within the phylum Porifera.[1] The "skeleton" in these sponges is made up of spongin, rather than of spicules.[2] They live in marine environments.[1] The name was proposed by Patricia Bergquist in 1978.[3]
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Verongiida | |
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Aplysina archeri | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Subclass: | Verongimorpha |
Order: | Verongiida Bergquist, 1978 |
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