Astrophorina

Astrophorida
	Geodia barretti (Geodiidae)
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Subclass:	Tetractinomorpha
Order:	Astrophorida; Bowerbank, 1862
Families
	Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870; Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907; Geodiidae Gray, 1867; Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875; Theneidae Carter, 1883; Thoosidae Cockerell, 1925; Thrombidae Sollas, 1888; Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011
Synonyms
	Choristida (disused)

Astrophorida is an order of sea sponges under the class Demospongiae.^[1]^[2]

Some of the members of this order are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.^[3]

Bibliography

^ "Astrophorida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
^ van Soest, R. (2013). "Astrophorida Sollas, 1887". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
^ Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science. 239 (4838). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 393–395. doi:10.1126/science.239.4838.393. JSTOR 1700236. PMID 17836872.

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