Poecilosclerida

Poecilosclerida
	Hemimycale columella (Hymedesmiidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida; Topsent, 1928
Families
	See text

Poecilosclerida is an order of the demosponge class. It is the most speciose demosponge order with over 2200 species (World Porifera Database^[2]). It contains about 25 recognised families. They are characterised by having chelae microscleres, that is, the minute spicules scattered through the tissues, usually in the 10-60 μm range, have a shovel-like structure on the end.^[3]

Most of the families are viviparous with parenchymella larvae that are uniformly ciliated.^[3]

Families[edit]

As of 2018, the following families are recognized:^[1]

Family Acarnidae
Family Chondropsidae
Family Cladorhizidae^[4]
Family Coelosphaeridae
Family Crambeidae
Family Crellidae
Family Dendoricellidae
Family Desmacididae
Family Esperiopsidae
Family Guitarridae^[4]
Family Hymedesmiidae
Family Iotrochotidae
Family Isodictyidae
Family Latrunculiidae
Family Microcionidae
Family Mycalidae
Family Myxillidae
Family Phellodermidae
Family Podospongiidae
Family Tedaniidae

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2021). "Poecilosclerida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "Porifera news". marinespecies.org. World Porifera Database. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b van Soest, Rob. "Order Poecilosclerida". species-identification.org. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b
Merrick Ekins, Dirk Erpenbeck, Lisa Goudie, John N. A. Hooper: New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. In: ZooTaxa Volume 4878, No. 2. Jan 2021. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2. Along with:
- Watch out they Bight! Three new Carnivorous sponges found in Great Australian Bight. On: scimex.org. 15 January 2021. Queensland Museum Media Release.
- Jacinta Bowler: Scientists Just Discovered 3 New Kinds of Carnivorous Sponge in The Deep Ocean . On: science^alert. 18 January 2021.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2021). "Poecilosclerida". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[2] "Porifera news". marinespecies.org. World Porifera Database. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[MSIP-3] van Soest, Rob. "Order Poecilosclerida". species-identification.org. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[Ekins4878-4] Merrick Ekins, Dirk Erpenbeck, Lisa Goudie, John N. A. Hooper: New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. In: ZooTaxa Volume 4878, No. 2. Jan 2021. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2. Along with:
Watch out they Bight! Three new Carnivorous sponges found in Great Australian Bight. On: scimex.org. 15 January 2021. Queensland Museum Media Release.

Jacinta Bowler: Scientists Just Discovered 3 New Kinds of Carnivorous Sponge in The Deep Ocean . On: science^alert. 18 January 2021.

[5] Watch out they Bight! Three new Carnivorous sponges found in Great Australian Bight. On: scimex.org. 15 January 2021. Queensland Museum Media Release.

[6] Jacinta Bowler: Scientists Just Discovered 3 New Kinds of Carnivorous Sponge in The Deep Ocean . On: science^alert. 18 January 2021.

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