Tetractinellida is an
order of
sea sponges
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through ...
belonging to the Class
Demospongiae
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). They are sponges with a soft body that covers a hard, ...
. First described in 1876, this order received a new description in 2012 and replaced the two orders
Astrophorida
Astrophorina is a Order (biology), suborder of sea sponges in the class Demospongiae. Astrophorina was formerly named Astrophorida and classified as an order, but it is now recognised as a suborder of TetractinellidaMorrow & Cárdenas' (2015) rev ...
and
Spirophorida, which then became sub-orders as
Astrophorina and
Spirophorina.
Families
; Suborder Astrophorina
Sollas, 1887
* Family
Ancorinidae
Ancorinidae is a family of marine sponges belonging to the order of Tetractinellida.
Genera
*''Ancorina'' Schmidt, 1862
*'' Asteropus'' Sollas
Sollas ( gd, Solas) is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of Nort ...
Schmidt, 1870
* Family
Calthropellidae
''Calthropella'' is a genus of sea sponges in the order Tetractinellida
Tetractinellida is an Order (biology), order of sea sponges belonging to the Class Demospongiae. First described in 1876, this order received a new description in 2012 an ...
Lendenfeld, 1907
* Family
Corallistidae Sollas, 1888
* Family
Geodiidae Gray, 1867
* Family
Isoraphiniidae Schrammen, 1924
* Family
Macandrewiidae Schrammen, 1924
* Family
Neopeltidae Sollas, 1888
* Family
Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875
* Family
Phymaraphiniidae Schrammen, 1924
* Family
Phymatellidae Schrammen, 1910
* Family
Pleromidae
Pleromidae is a Family (biology), family of oceanic sea sponges.
Genera
*''Anaderma'' Lévi & Lévi, 1983
*''Pleroma (Porifera), Pleroma'' Sollas 1888
References
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Tetractinellida
Taxa named by William Johnson Sollas
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Sollas, 1888
* Family
Theneidae
Theneidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Tetractinellida
Tetractinellida is an Order (biology), order of sea sponges belonging to the Class Demospongiae. First described in 1876, this order received a new description in 2012 and ...
Carter, 1883
* Family
Theonellidae
Theonellidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Tetractinellida
Tetractinellida is an Order (biology), order of sea sponges belonging to the Class Demospongiae. First described in 1876, this order received a new description in 2012 ...
Lendenfeld, 1903
* Family
Thrombidae
Thrombidae is a family of sea sponges.
Genera
*''Thrombus
A thrombus (plural thrombi), colloquially called a blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. There are two components to a thrombus: aggregated ...
Sollas, 1888
* Family
Vulcanellidae
Vulcanellidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Tetractinellida
Tetractinellida is an Order (biology), order of sea sponges belonging to the Class Demospongiae. First described in 1876, this order received a new description in 2012 ...
Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011
; Suborder Spirophorina
Bergquist & Hogg, 1969
* Family
Azoricidae Sollas, 1888
* Family
Samidae Sollas, 1888
* Family
Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888
* Family
Siphonidiidae Lendenfeld, 1903
* Family
Spirasigmidae Hallmann, 1912
* Family
Stupendidae Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016
* Family
Tetillidae Sollas, 1886
; Suborder Thoosina
Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero, Cárdenas, Cruz-Barraza, Aguilar-Camacho, 2018
* Family
Thoosidae Cockerell, 1925
References
Sponge orders
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