Merliida

Merliida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.[2]

Merliida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Order: Merliida
Vacelet, 1979[1]
Families
  • Hamacanthidae Gray, 1872
  • Merliidae Kirkpatrick, 1908

References
  1. Vacelet, J. 1979. Description et affinités d’une éponge sphinctozoaire actuelle. Pp. 483-493. In: Lévi, C. & Boury-Esnault, N. (Eds), Biologie des Spongiaires - Sponge Biology. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 291. (Centre National de laRecherche Scientifique: Paris).
  2. van Soest, R. (2015). Merliida. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L. (2016). World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17.
  • Data related to Merliida at Wikispecies


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