Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha
Ordo: Merliida
Familiae (2): Hamacanthidae – Merliidae
Name
Merliida Vacelet, 1979
References
Primary references
Vacelet, J. 1979. Descriptions et affinités d'une éponge sphinctozoaire actuelle. pp. 483–493 in Lévi, C. & Boury-Esnault, N. (eds.). Biologie des Spongiaires. Sponge Biology. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique: Paris.
Additional references
Morrow, C. & Cárdenas, P. 2015. Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology 12: 7. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-015-0099-8 Open access Reference page.
Links
Merliida in the World Register of Marine Species
Merliida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha, first described as such by Jean Vacelet in 1979.[2][1]
References
Vacelet, J. 1979. Description et affinités d’une éponge sphinctozoaire actuelle. Pp. 483-493. In: Lévi, C. & Boury-Esnault, N. (Eds), Biologie des Spongiaires - Sponge Biology. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 291. (Centre National de laRecherche Scientifique: Paris).
van Soest, R. (2015). Merliida. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L. (2016). World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17.
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