Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Calcarea
Subclasses: Calcaronea – Calcinea
Incertae sedis familia: †Consobrinomiidae

Name

Calcarea

Alternative name: Calcispongia

References

• Burton, M. A revision of the classification of the calcareous sponges. With a catalogue of the specimens in the British Museum (Natural History).
• Dohrmann, M., Voigt, O., Erpenbeck, D. & Wörheide, G. 2006. Non-monophyly of most supraspecific taxa of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) revealed by increased taxon sampling and partitioned Bayesian analysis of ribosomal DNA. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 40: 830–843. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.016
• Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M., van (eds.) 2002. Systema Porifera. Guide to the supraspecific classification of sponges and spongiomorphs (Porifera). New York: Plenum.
• Leys, S.P. & Eerkes-Medrano, D. 2005. Gastrulation in calcareous sponges: in search of Haeckel’s Gastraea. Integrative & comparative biology 45: 342–351. DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.2.342 PDF.
• Manuel, M. et al. 2003. Phylogeny and Evolution of Calcareous Sponges: Monophyly of Calcinea and Calcaronea, High Level of Morphological Homoplasy, and the Primitive Nature of Axial Symmetry. Systematic biology 52: 311–333. DOI: 10.1080/10635150390196966

• Poléjaeff, N. 1883. Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology 8(24): 1–76. BHL Reference page. 

• van Soest, Rob W.M. & de Voogd, N.J. 2015. Calcareous sponges of Indonesia. Zootaxa 3951(1): 1–105. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3951.1.1 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77557-683-9 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-684-6 (Online edition) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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