Tethyidae Gray 1848
cites: Tetractinellida Marshall 1876
cites: Astrophorina Sollas 1887
cites: Theonellidae Lendenfeld 1903
cites: Theonella Gray 1868
cites: Theonella timmi Samaai 2019
cites: Theonella swinhoei Gray 1868
cites: Poecilosclerida Topsent 1928
cites: Microcionidae Carter 1875
cites: Clathria Schmidt 1862
cites: Clathria ramsayiensis Samaai 2019
cites: Chondropsidae Carter 1886
cites: Chondropsis Carter 1886
cites: Chondropsis lamella Lendenfeld 1888
cites: Chondropsis isimangaliso Samaai 2019
cites: Iotrochotidae Dendy 1922
cites: Iotrochota Ridley 1884
cites: Iotrochota nigra Baer 1906
cites: Mycalidae Lundbeck 1905
cites: Mycale Gray 1867
cites: Mycale crassissima Dendy 1905
cites: Axinellida Levi 1953
cites: Axinellidae Carter 1875
cites: Dragmacidon Hallmann 1917
cites: Dragmacidon sanguineum Burton 1933
cites: Cymbastela sodwaniensis Samaai 2009
cites: Phakellia Bowerbank 1862
cites: Phakellia rubra Samaai 2019
cites: Stelligeridae Lendenfeld 1898
cites: Higginsia Higgin 1877
cites: Higginsia natalensis Carter 1885
cites: Scopalinida Morrow 2015
cites: Scopalinidae Morrow 2012
cites: Stylissa Hallmann 1914
cites: Stylissa carteri Dendy 1889
cites: Agelasida Hartman 1980
cites: Agelasidae Verrill 1907
cites: Agelas Duchassaing 1864
cites: Agelas oxeata Levi 1961
cites: Haplosclerida Topsent 1928
cites: Callyspongiidae Laubenfels 1936
cites: Callyspongia Duchassaing 1864
cites: Callyspongia confoederata Ridley 1884
cites: Callyspongia fadwae Samaai 2019
cites: Callyspongia diffusa Ridley 1884
cites: Petrosiidae Soest 1980
cites: Xestospongia Laubenfels 1932
cites: Xestospongia viridenigra Vacelet 1976
cites: Keratosa Grant 1861
cites: Dictyoceratida Minchin 1900
cites: Irciniidae Gray 1867
cites: Ircinia Nardo 1833
cites: Ircinia lividus Samaai 2019
cites: Psammocinia arenosa Lendenfeld 1888
cites: Psammocinia alba Samaai 2019
cites: Spongiidae Gray 1867
cites: Spongia Linnaeus 1759
cites: Dysideidae Gray 1867
cites: Euryspongia Row 1911
cites: Euryspongia coeruleum Samaai 2019
cites: Dendroceratida Minchin 1900
cites: Darwinellidae Merejkowsky 1879
cites: Aplysilla Schultze 1878
cites: Aplysilla lacunosa Keller 1889
creator: Samaai, Toufiek; Pillay, Ruwen; Janson, Liesl
augments taxon concept: Tethyidae Gray 1848
published in: Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa
type: Treatment

Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa
end page: 85
issue: 1
journal: Zootaxa
pub date: 2019-04-23
start page: 1
volume: 4587
creator: Samaai, Toufiek; Pillay, Ruwen; Janson, Liesl
date: 2019
type: JournalArticle

Tethyidae Gray 1848
authority: Gray, 1848
authority name: Gray
authority year: 1848
class: Demospongiae
family: Tethyidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Hadromerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1848
has taxon name: Tethyidae
type: TaxonConcept

Tetractinellida Marshall 1876
authority: Marshall, 1876
authority name: Marshall
authority year: 1876
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Marshall, 1876
has taxon name: Tetractinellida
type: TaxonConcept

Astrophorina Sollas 1887
authority: Sollas, 1887
authority name: Sollas
authority year: 1887
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: subOrder
scientific name authorship: Sollas, 1887
sub order: Astrophorina
has taxon name: Astrophorina
type: TaxonConcept

Theonellidae Lendenfeld 1903
authority: Lendenfeld, 1903
authority name: Lendenfeld
authority year: 1903
class: Demospongiae
family: Theonellidae
kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Lendenfeld, 1903
has taxon name: Theonellidae
type: TaxonConcept

Theonella Gray 1868
authority: Gray, 1868
authority name: Gray
authority year: 1868
class: Demospongiae
family: Theonellidae
genus: Theonella
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1868
has taxon name: Theonella
type: TaxonConcept

Theonella timmi Samaai 2019
authority: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
authority name: Samaai & Pillay & Janson
authority year: 2019
class: Demospongiae
family: Theonellidae
genus: Theonella
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
species: timmi
has taxon name: Theonella timmi
type: TaxonConcept

Theonella swinhoei Gray 1868
authority: Gray, 1868
authority name: Gray
authority year: 1868
class: Demospongiae
family: Theonellidae
genus: Theonella
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1868
species: swinhoei
has taxon name: Theonella swinhoei
type: TaxonConcept

Poecilosclerida Topsent 1928
authority: Topsent, 1928
authority name: Topsent
authority year: 1928
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Topsent, 1928
has taxon name: Poecilosclerida
type: TaxonConcept

Microcionidae Carter 1875
authority: Carter, 1875
authority name: Carter
authority year: 1875
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Carter, 1875
has taxon name: Microcionidae
type: TaxonConcept

Clathria Schmidt 1862
authority: Schmidt, 1862
authority name: Schmidt
authority year: 1862
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
genus: Clathria
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Schmidt, 1862
has taxon name: Clathria
type: TaxonConcept

Clathria ramsayiensis Samaai 2019
authority: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
authority name: Samaai & Pillay & Janson
authority year: 2019
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
genus: Clathria
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
species: ramsayiensis
sub genus: Clathria
has taxon name: Clathria ramsayiensis
type: TaxonConcept

Chondropsidae Carter 1886
authority: Carter, 1886
authority name: Carter
authority year: 1886
class: Demospongiae
family: Chondropsidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Carter, 1886
has taxon name: Chondropsidae
type: TaxonConcept

Chondropsis Carter 1886
authority: Carter, 1886
authority name: Carter
authority year: 1886
class: Demospongiae
family: Chondropsidae
genus: Chondropsis
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Carter, 1886
has taxon name: Chondropsis
type: TaxonConcept

Chondropsis lamella Lendenfeld 1888
authority: (Lendenfeld, 1888)
base authority name: Lendenfeld
base authority year: 1888
class: Demospongiae
family: Chondropsidae
genus: Chondropsis
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (Lendenfeld, 1888)
species: lamella
has taxon name: Chondropsis lamella
type: TaxonConcept

Chondropsis isimangaliso Samaai 2019
authority: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
authority name: Samaai & Pillay & Janson
authority year: 2019
class: Demospongiae
family: Chondropsidae
genus: Chondropsis
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
species: isimangaliso
has taxon name: Chondropsis isimangaliso
type: TaxonConcept

Iotrochotidae Dendy 1922
authority: Dendy, 1922
authority name: Dendy
authority year: 1922
class: Demospongiae
family: Iotrochotidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Dendy, 1922
has taxon name: Iotrochotidae
type: TaxonConcept

Iotrochota Ridley 1884
authority: Ridley, 1884
authority name: Ridley
authority year: 1884
class: Demospongiae
family: Iotrochotidae
genus: Iotrochota
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Ridley, 1884
has taxon name: Iotrochota
type: TaxonConcept

Iotrochota nigra Baer 1906
authority: (Baer, 1906)
base authority name: Baer
base authority year: 1906
class: Demospongiae
family: Iotrochotidae
genus: Iotrochota
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (Baer, 1906)
species: nigra
has taxon name: Iotrochota nigra
type: TaxonConcept

Mycalidae Lundbeck 1905
authority: Lundbeck, 1905
authority name: Lundbeck
authority year: 1905
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Lundbeck, 1905
has taxon name: Mycalidae
type: TaxonConcept

Mycale Gray 1867
authority: Gray, 1867
authority name: Gray
authority year: 1867
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
genus: Mycale
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1867
has taxon name: Mycale
type: TaxonConcept

Mycale crassissima Dendy 1905
authority: (Dendy, 1905)
base authority name: Dendy
base authority year: 1905
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
genus: Mycale
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (Dendy, 1905)
species: crassissima
sub genus: Aegogropila
has taxon name: Mycale crassissima
type: TaxonConcept

Axinellida Levi 1953
authority: Levi, 1953
authority name: Levi
authority year: 1953
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Axinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Levi, 1953
has taxon name: Axinellida
type: TaxonConcept

Axinellidae Carter 1875
authority: Carter, 1875
authority name: Carter
authority year: 1875
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Carter, 1875
has taxon name: Axinellidae
type: TaxonConcept

Dragmacidon Hallmann 1917
authority: Hallmann, 1917
authority name: Hallmann
authority year: 1917
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Dragmacidon
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Hallmann, 1917
has taxon name: Dragmacidon
type: TaxonConcept

Dragmacidon sanguineum Burton 1933
authority: (Burton, 1933)
base authority name: Burton
base authority year: 1933
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Dragmacidon
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (Burton, 1933)
species: sanguineum
has taxon name: Dragmacidon sanguineum
type: TaxonConcept

Cymbastela sodwaniensis Samaai 2009
authority: Samaai, Pillay & Kelly, 2009
authority name: Samaai, Pillay & Kelly
authority year: 2009
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Cymbastela
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai, Pillay & Kelly, 2009
species: sodwaniensis
has taxon name: Cymbastela sodwaniensis
type: TaxonConcept

Phakellia Bowerbank 1862
authority: Bowerbank, 1862
authority name: Bowerbank
authority year: 1862
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Phakellia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Bowerbank, 1862
has taxon name: Phakellia
type: TaxonConcept

Phakellia rubra Samaai 2019
authority: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
authority name: Samaai & Pillay & Janson
authority year: 2019
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Phakellia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
species: rubra
has taxon name: Phakellia rubra
type: TaxonConcept

Stelligeridae Lendenfeld 1898
authority: Lendenfeld, 1898
authority name: Lendenfeld
authority year: 1898
class: Demospongiae
family: Stelligeridae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Hadromerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Lendenfeld, 1898
has taxon name: Stelligeridae
type: TaxonConcept

Higginsia Higgin 1877
authority: Higgin, 1877
authority name: Higgin
authority year: 1877
class: Demospongiae
family: Heteroxyidae
genus: Higginsia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Higgin, 1877
has taxon name: Higginsia
type: TaxonConcept

Higginsia natalensis Carter 1885
authority: Carter, 1885
authority name: Carter
authority year: 1885
class: Demospongiae
family: Heteroxyidae
genus: Higginsia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Carter, 1885
species: natalensis
has taxon name: Higginsia natalensis
type: TaxonConcept

Scopalinida Morrow 2015
authority: Morrow & Cardenas, 2015
authority name: Morrow & Cardenas
authority year: 2015
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Scopalinida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Morrow & Cardenas, 2015
has taxon name: Scopalinida
type: TaxonConcept

Scopalinidae Morrow 2012
authority: Morrow, Picton, Erpenbeck, Boury-Esnault, Maggs & Allcock, 2012
authority name: Morrow, Picton, Erpenbeck, Boury-Esnault, Maggs & Allcock
authority year: 2012
class: Demospongiae
family: Scopalinidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Morrow, Picton, Erpenbeck, Boury-Esnault, Maggs & Allcock, 2012
has taxon name: Scopalinidae
type: TaxonConcept

Stylissa Hallmann 1914
authority: Hallmann, 1914
authority name: Hallmann
authority year: 1914
class: Demospongiae
family: Dictyonellidae
genus: Stylissa
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Hallmann, 1914
has taxon name: Stylissa
type: TaxonConcept

Stylissa carteri Dendy 1889
authority: (Dendy, 1889)
base authority name: Dendy
base authority year: 1889
class: Demospongiae
family: Dictyonellidae
genus: Stylissa
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (Dendy, 1889)
species: carteri
has taxon name: Stylissa carteri
type: TaxonConcept

Agelasida Hartman 1980
authority: Hartman, 1980
authority name: Hartman
authority year: 1980
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Agelasida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Hartman, 1980
has taxon name: Agelasida
type: TaxonConcept

Agelasidae Verrill 1907
authority: Verrill, 1907
authority name: Verrill
authority year: 1907
class: Demospongiae
family: Agelasidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Agelasida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Verrill, 1907
has taxon name: Agelasidae
type: TaxonConcept

Agelas Duchassaing 1864
authority: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
authority name: Duchassaing & Michelotti
authority year: 1864
class: Demospongiae
family: Agelasidae
genus: Agelas
kingdom: Animalia
order: Agelasida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
has taxon name: Agelas
type: TaxonConcept

Agelas oxeata Levi 1961
authority: Levi, 1961
authority name: Levi
authority year: 1961
class: Demospongiae
family: Agelasidae
genus: Agelas
kingdom: Animalia
order: Agelasida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Levi, 1961
species: oxeata
has taxon name: Agelas oxeata
type: TaxonConcept

Haplosclerida Topsent 1928
authority: Topsent 1928
authority name: Topsent
authority year: 1928
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Topsent, 1928
has taxon name: Haplosclerida
type: TaxonConcept

Callyspongiidae Laubenfels 1936
authority: de Laubenfels, 1936
authority name: de Laubenfels
authority year: 1936
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: de Laubenfels, 1936
has taxon name: Callyspongiidae
type: TaxonConcept

Callyspongia Duchassaing 1864
authority: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
authority name: Duchassaing & Michelotti
authority year: 1864
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
has taxon name: Callyspongia
type: TaxonConcept

Callyspongia confoederata Ridley 1884
authority: (Ridley, 1884)
authority name: Ridley
authority year: 1884
base authority name: sensu Ridley
base authority year: 1884
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (sensu Ridley, 1884)
species: confoederata
sub genus: Callyspongia
has taxon name: Callyspongia confoederata
type: TaxonConcept

Callyspongia fadwae Samaai 2019
authority: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
authority name: Samaai & Pillay & Janson
authority year: 2019
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
species: fadwae
sub genus: Callyspongia
has taxon name: Callyspongia fadwae
type: TaxonConcept

Callyspongia diffusa Ridley 1884
authority: (Ridley, 1884)
base authority name: Ridley
base authority year: 1884
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (Ridley, 1884)
species: diffusa
sub genus: Cladochalina
has taxon name: Callyspongia diffusa
type: TaxonConcept

Petrosiidae Soest 1980
authority: Van Soest, 1980
authority name: van Soest
authority year: 1980
class: Demospongiae
family: Petrosiidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: van Soest, 1980
has taxon name: Petrosiidae
type: TaxonConcept

Xestospongia Laubenfels 1932
authority: De Laubenfels, 1932
authority name: De Laubenfels
authority year: 1932
class: Demospongiae
family: Petrosiidae
genus: Xestospongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: De Laubenfels, 1932
has taxon name: Xestospongia
type: TaxonConcept

Xestospongia viridenigra Vacelet 1976
authority: (Vacelet, Vasseur & Levi, 1976)
base authority name: Vacelet, Vasseur & Levi
base authority year: 1976
class: Demospongiae
family: Petrosiidae
genus: Xestospongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (Vacelet, Vasseur & Levi, 1976)
species: viridenigra
has taxon name: Xestospongia viridenigra
type: TaxonConcept

Keratosa Grant 1861
authority: Grant, 1861
authority name: Grant
authority year: 1861
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Keratosa
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Grant, 1861
has taxon name: Keratosa
type: TaxonConcept

Dictyoceratida Minchin 1900
authority: Minchin, 1900
authority name: Minchin
authority year: 1900
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Minchin, 1900
has taxon name: Dictyoceratida
type: TaxonConcept

Irciniidae Gray 1867
authority: Gray, 1867
authority name: Gray
authority year: 1867
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1867
has taxon name: Irciniidae
type: TaxonConcept

Ircinia Nardo 1833
authority: Nardo, 1833
authority name: Nardo
authority year: 1833
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Ircinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Nardo, 1833
has taxon name: Ircinia
type: TaxonConcept

Ircinia lividus Samaai 2019
authority: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
authority name: Samaai & Pillay & Janson
authority year: 2019
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Ircinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
species: lividus
has taxon name: Ircinia lividus
type: TaxonConcept

Psammocinia arenosa Lendenfeld 1888
authority: (Lendenfeld, 1888)
base authority name: Lendenfeld
base authority year: 1888
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Psammocinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: (Lendenfeld, 1888)
species: arenosa
has taxon name: Psammocinia arenosa
type: TaxonConcept

Psammocinia alba Samaai 2019
authority: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
authority name: Samaai & Pillay & Janson
authority year: 2019
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Psammocinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
species: alba
has taxon name: Psammocinia alba
type: TaxonConcept

Spongiidae Gray 1867
authority: Gray, 1867
authority name: Gray
authority year: 1867
class: Demospongiae
family: Spongiidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1867
has taxon name: Spongiidae
type: TaxonConcept

Spongia Linnaeus 1759
authority: Linnaeus, 1759
authority name: Linnaeus
authority year: 1759
class: Demospongiae
family: Spongiidae
genus: Spongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Linnaeus, 1759
has taxon name: Spongia
type: TaxonConcept

Dysideidae Gray 1867
authority: Gray, 1867
authority name: Gray
authority year: 1867
class: Demospongiae
family: Dysideidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1867
has taxon name: Dysideidae
type: TaxonConcept

Euryspongia Row 1911
authority: Row, 1911
authority name: Row
authority year: 1911
class: Demospongiae
family: Dysideidae
genus: Euryspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Row, 1911
has taxon name: Euryspongia
type: TaxonConcept

Euryspongia coeruleum Samaai 2019
authority: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
authority name: Samaai & Pillay & Janson
authority year: 2019
class: Demospongiae
family: Dysideidae
genus: Euryspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Samaai & Pillay & Janson, 2019
species: coeruleum
has taxon name: Euryspongia coeruleum
type: TaxonConcept

Dendroceratida Minchin 1900
authority: Minchin, 1900
authority name: Minchin
authority year: 1900
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dendroceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
scientific name authorship: Minchin, 1900
has taxon name: Dendroceratida
type: TaxonConcept

Darwinellidae Merejkowsky 1879
authority: Merejkowsky, 1879
authority name: Merejkowsky
authority year: 1879
class: Demospongiae
family: Darwinellidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dendroceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
scientific name authorship: Merejkowsky, 1879
has taxon name: Darwinellidae
type: TaxonConcept

Aplysilla Schultze 1878
authority: Schultze, 1878
authority name: Schultze
authority year: 1878
class: Demospongiae
family: Darwinellidae
genus: Aplysilla
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dendroceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
scientific name authorship: Schultze, 1878
has taxon name: Aplysilla
type: TaxonConcept

Aplysilla lacunosa Keller 1889
authority: Keller, 1889
authority name: Keller
authority year: 1889
class: Demospongiae
family: Darwinellidae
genus: Aplysilla
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dendroceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
scientific name authorship: Keller, 1889
species: lacunosa
has taxon name: Aplysilla lacunosa
type: TaxonConcept

Tethyidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Tethyidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Hadromerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Hadromerida
type: TaxonName

Hadromerida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Hadromerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Demospongiae
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Porifera
rank: class
has parent name: Porifera
type: TaxonName

Porifera
kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Porifera
rank: phylum
has parent name: Animalia
type: TaxonName

Animalia
kingdom: Animalia
rank: kingdom
type: TaxonName

Tetractinellida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Astrophorina
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: subOrder
sub order: Astrophorina
has parent name: Tetractinellida
type: TaxonName

Theonellidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Theonellidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Demospongiae
has parent name: Tetractinellida
type: TaxonName

Theonella
class: Demospongiae
family: Theonellidae
genus: Theonella
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Theonellidae
type: TaxonName

Theonella timmi
class: Demospongiae
family: Theonellidae
genus: Theonella
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: timmi
has parent name: Theonella
type: TaxonName

Theonella swinhoei
class: Demospongiae
family: Theonellidae
genus: Theonella
kingdom: Animalia
order: Tetractinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: swinhoei
has parent name: Theonella
type: TaxonName

Poecilosclerida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Microcionidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Poecilosclerida
type: TaxonName

Clathria
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
genus: Clathria
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Microcionidae
type: TaxonName

Clathria ramsayiensis
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
genus: Clathria
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: ramsayiensis
sub genus: Clathria
has parent name: Clathria Clathria
type: TaxonName

Clathria Clathria
class: Demospongiae
family: Microcionidae
genus: Clathria
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: subGenus
sub genus: Clathria
has parent name: Clathria
type: TaxonName

Chondropsidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Chondropsidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Poecilosclerida
type: TaxonName

Chondropsis
class: Demospongiae
family: Chondropsidae
genus: Chondropsis
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Chondropsidae
type: TaxonName

Chondropsis lamella
class: Demospongiae
family: Chondropsidae
genus: Chondropsis
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: lamella
has parent name: Chondropsis
type: TaxonName

Chondropsis isimangaliso
class: Demospongiae
family: Chondropsidae
genus: Chondropsis
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: isimangaliso
has parent name: Chondropsis
type: TaxonName

Iotrochotidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Iotrochotidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Poecilosclerida
type: TaxonName

Iotrochota
class: Demospongiae
family: Iotrochotidae
genus: Iotrochota
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Iotrochotidae
type: TaxonName

Iotrochota nigra
class: Demospongiae
family: Iotrochotidae
genus: Iotrochota
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: nigra
has parent name: Iotrochota
type: TaxonName

Mycalidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Poecilosclerida
type: TaxonName

Mycale
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
genus: Mycale
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Mycalidae
type: TaxonName

Mycale crassissima
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
genus: Mycale
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: crassissima
sub genus: Aegogropila
has parent name: Mycale Aegogropila
type: TaxonName

Mycale Aegogropila
class: Demospongiae
family: Mycalidae
genus: Mycale
kingdom: Animalia
order: Poecilosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: subGenus
sub genus: Aegogropila
has parent name: Mycale
type: TaxonName

Axinellida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Axinellida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Axinellidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Halichondrida
type: TaxonName

Halichondrida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Dragmacidon
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Dragmacidon
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Axinellidae
type: TaxonName

Dragmacidon sanguineum
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Dragmacidon
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: sanguineum
has parent name: Dragmacidon
type: TaxonName

Cymbastela sodwaniensis
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Cymbastela
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: sodwaniensis
has parent name: Cymbastela
type: TaxonName

Cymbastela
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Cymbastela
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Axinellidae
type: TaxonName

Phakellia
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Phakellia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Axinellidae
type: TaxonName

Phakellia rubra
class: Demospongiae
family: Axinellidae
genus: Phakellia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: rubra
has parent name: Phakellia
type: TaxonName

Stelligeridae
class: Demospongiae
family: Stelligeridae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Hadromerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Hadromerida
type: TaxonName

Higginsia
class: Demospongiae
family: Heteroxyidae
genus: Higginsia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Heteroxyidae
type: TaxonName

Heteroxyidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Heteroxyidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Halichondrida
type: TaxonName

Higginsia natalensis
class: Demospongiae
family: Heteroxyidae
genus: Higginsia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: natalensis
has parent name: Higginsia
type: TaxonName

Scopalinida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Scopalinida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Scopalinidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Scopalinidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Halichondrida
type: TaxonName

Stylissa
class: Demospongiae
family: Dictyonellidae
genus: Stylissa
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Dictyonellidae
type: TaxonName

Dictyonellidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Dictyonellidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Halichondrida
type: TaxonName

Stylissa carteri
class: Demospongiae
family: Dictyonellidae
genus: Stylissa
kingdom: Animalia
order: Halichondrida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: carteri
has parent name: Stylissa
type: TaxonName

Agelasida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Agelasida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Agelasidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Agelasidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Agelasida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Agelasida
type: TaxonName

Agelas
class: Demospongiae
family: Agelasidae
genus: Agelas
kingdom: Animalia
order: Agelasida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Agelasidae
type: TaxonName

Agelas oxeata
class: Demospongiae
family: Agelasidae
genus: Agelas
kingdom: Animalia
order: Agelasida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: oxeata
has parent name: Agelas
type: TaxonName

Haplosclerida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Callyspongiidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Haplosclerida
type: TaxonName

Callyspongia
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Callyspongiidae
type: TaxonName

Callyspongia confoederata
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: confoederata
sub genus: Callyspongia
has parent name: Callyspongia Callyspongia
type: TaxonName

Callyspongia Callyspongia
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: subGenus
sub genus: Callyspongia
has parent name: Callyspongia
type: TaxonName

Callyspongia fadwae
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: fadwae
sub genus: Callyspongia
has parent name: Callyspongia Callyspongia
type: TaxonName

Callyspongia diffusa
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: diffusa
sub genus: Cladochalina
has parent name: Callyspongia Cladochalina
type: TaxonName

Callyspongia Cladochalina
class: Demospongiae
family: Callyspongiidae
genus: Callyspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: subGenus
sub genus: Cladochalina
has parent name: Callyspongia
type: TaxonName

Petrosiidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Petrosiidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Haplosclerida
type: TaxonName

Xestospongia
class: Demospongiae
family: Petrosiidae
genus: Xestospongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Petrosiidae
type: TaxonName

Xestospongia viridenigra
class: Demospongiae
family: Petrosiidae
genus: Xestospongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Haplosclerida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: viridenigra
has parent name: Xestospongia
type: TaxonName

Keratosa
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Keratosa
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Dictyoceratida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Irciniidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Dictyoceratida
type: TaxonName

Ircinia
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Ircinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Irciniidae
type: TaxonName

Ircinia lividus
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Ircinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: lividus
has parent name: Ircinia
type: TaxonName

Psammocinia arenosa
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Psammocinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: arenosa
has parent name: Psammocinia
type: TaxonName

Psammocinia
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Psammocinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Irciniidae
type: TaxonName

Psammocinia alba
class: Demospongiae
family: Irciniidae
genus: Psammocinia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: alba
has parent name: Psammocinia
type: TaxonName

Spongiidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Spongiidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Dictyoceratida
type: TaxonName

Spongia
class: Demospongiae
family: Spongiidae
genus: Spongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Spongiidae
type: TaxonName

Dysideidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Dysideidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Dictyoceratida
type: TaxonName

Euryspongia
class: Demospongiae
family: Dysideidae
genus: Euryspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Dysideidae
type: TaxonName

Euryspongia coeruleum
class: Demospongiae
family: Dysideidae
genus: Euryspongia
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dictyoceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: coeruleum
has parent name: Euryspongia
type: TaxonName

Dendroceratida
class: Demospongiae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dendroceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: order
has parent name: Demospongiae
type: TaxonName

Darwinellidae
class: Demospongiae
family: Darwinellidae
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dendroceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: family
has parent name: Dendroceratida
type: TaxonName

Aplysilla
class: Demospongiae
family: Darwinellidae
genus: Aplysilla
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dendroceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: genus
has parent name: Darwinellidae
type: TaxonName

Aplysilla lacunosa
class: Demospongiae
family: Darwinellidae
genus: Aplysilla
kingdom: Animalia
order: Dendroceratida
phylum: Porifera
rank: species
species: lacunosa
has parent name: Aplysilla
type: TaxonName