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Dictyoceratida (Sponges)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families. Along with the Dendroceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges, in which a mineral skeleton is minimal or absent and a skeleton of organic fibers containing spongin, a collagen-like material, is present instead.
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Family

Dysideidae (Sponge) (111)
Irciniidae (161)
Parastylothalamiidae (4)
Spongiidae (Sponge) (232)
Thorectidae (Sponge) (209)
Verticillitidae (58)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0