Axinellida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. The order contains the families Axinellidae, Heteroxyidae, Raspailiidae, and Stelligeridae.

Axinellida
"Axinella polypoides"
Axinella polypoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Order: Axinellida
Lévi, 1953[1]
Families

References edit

  1. ^ Sur une nouvelle classification des Démosponges. Lévi, C. 1953a. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l’Académie des sciences. Paris 236(8), pages 853-855
  • Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62(1), pages 174-190., doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016

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