Heteroscleromorpha

Axinellidae is a family of sponges in the order Axinellida.

Lubomirskiidae is a family of freshwater sponges from Lake Baikal in Russia, endemic to the lake, though there are unconfirmed reports from Lake Jegetai-Kul in the Western Sayan, along with the Bering Sea and the sea surrounding Kamchatka.

Desmacellidae is a family of marine demosponges. It is the only family in the monotypic order Desmacellida.

Axinellida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. The order contains the families Axinellidae, Heteroxyidae, Raspailiidae, and Stelligeridae.

Bubaridae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Bubarida. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Phakellia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Bubaridae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

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Malawispongiidae is a family of freshwater sponges found in the ancient lakes of Malawi, Tanganyika, Kinneret, Ohrid and Poso. As presently defined, the family is polyphyletic.

Dictyonellidae is a family of sponges in the order Bubarida, based on the genus Dictyonella Schmidt, 1868.

Oceanapia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Phloeodictyidae.

Trachycladidae is a family of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only family in the monotypic order Trachycladida.

Desmanthidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Bubarida. The family is characterised by the presence of a basal layer of desma spicules.

genus of sponges

Lubomirskia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Lubomirskiidae.

Topsentia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae.

Rhabderemia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Rhabderemiidae.

species of sponge

genus of sponges

Heteroxyidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Axinellida.

Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera.

Clionaida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.

Suberitida is an order of sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.

Acanthochaetetidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Clionaida. It is largely extinct, but contains two extant genera, each of which are represented by single extant species.

Petrosia is a benthic genus of sponges belonging to the family Petrosiidae.

Microxina is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Niphatidae.

Biemnida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.

Potamophloios is a genus of freshwater sponges within the family Potamolepidae.

species of sponge

species of sponge

Corvomeyenia is a genus of freshwater sponges in the family Metaniidae.

species of sponge

Halicnemia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Stelligeridae.

Hemiasterella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Hemiasterellidae.

Tethyida is an order of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.

genus of sponges

Rhabderemiidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Biemnida.

Spongillida is an order of sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha, originally described as the suborder Spongillina. Members of this order are exclusively freshwater animals, and all freshwater sponges are currently considered part of this order, though the monophyly of this group has not yet been confirmed; it is currently unknown whether all freshwater sponges belong within a single natural group.

thumb | right | Different types of Paratimea massutii sponge Paratimea is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Stelligeridae.

Bubarida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.

Vetulina is a genus of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Vetulinidae and the monotypic order Sphaerocladina.

Endectyon is a genus of marine demosponges in the family Raspailiidae.

Neofibularia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Biemnidae.

genus of sponges

Spheciospongia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Clionaidae.

Merliida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha, first described as such by Jean Vacelet in 1979.

genus of sponges

Scopalina is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Scopalinidae.

Svenzea is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Scopalinidae, first described in 2002.

Vetulinidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Sphaerocladina.

Rezinkovia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Lubomirskiidae.

Biemnidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Biemnida.

Scopalinidae is a family of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha. It is the only family in the monotypic order Scopalinida.

Palaeospongillidae is a family of extinct sponges with three genera and three species: †Eospongilla Dunagan, 1999 †Eospongilla morrisonensis Dunagan, 1999 †Lutetiospongilla Richter & Wuttke, 1999 †Lutetiospongilla heili Ritcher & Wuttke, 1999 †Palaeospongilla Ott & Volkheimer, 1972 †Palaeospongilla chubutensis Ott & Volkheimer, 1972

Tethyspira is a monotypic genus of sponges belonging to the family Dictyonellidae. The only species is Tethyspira spinosa.

genus of sponges

Houssayella is a genus of freshwater sponges in the family Metaniidae.