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Astrophorida

Astrophorida
Geodia barretti.jpg
Geodia barretti (Geodiidae)
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)


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

Choristida (disused)

Astrophorida is an order of sea sponges under the class Demospongiae.

Some of the members of this order are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.



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