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PORIFERA (sponges)

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Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #refs
Class DEMOSPONGIAE (a class of sponges)  
Subclass TETRACTINOMORPHA (a subclass of non-calcareous sponges) 1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bowerbank, J.S., 1864 A Monograph of the British Spongiadae
British Marine Life Pictures: http://www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html British Marine Life Pictures

Marine

Ackers, R.G., Moss, D. & Picton, B.E., 1992 Sponges of the British Isles - A colour guide and working document
Ackers, R.G., Moss, D., Picton, B.E., Stone, S.M.K. & Morrow, C.C., 2007 Sponges of the British Isles ("Sponge V") - A colour guide and working document
Fish, J.D. & Fish, S., 2011 A Student's Guide to the Seashore
Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A., 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 (littoral and sublittoral fauna) Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe
Naylor, P., 2005 Great British Marine Animals
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland: http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/ Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Picton, B.E., Morrow, C. & van Soest, R., 2007 Sponges of Britain and Ireland
Sponges of Britain and Ireland: http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/sponge_guide/ Sponges of Britain and Ireland
Wood, C., 2007 Seasearch Observer's Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland

PORIFERA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with PORIFERA:

is predated by Fissurellidae - keyhole limpets (Archaeogastropoda) Graham, A., 1971
is predated by Cerithiopsis tubercularis - a prosobranch mollusc (Mesogastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) Graham, A., 1971
is predated by Triphora peversa - a prosobranch mollusc (Mesogastropoda: Triphoridae) Graham, A., 1971 [monaxonid sponges]

Porifera may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)

References

Graham, A., 1971 British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs
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