Verongiida
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Verongiida (also known as Verongida) is an order of sea sponges within the phylum Porifera. The "skeleton" in these sponges is made up of spongin, rather than of spicules. They live in marine environments. The name was proposed by Patricia Bergquist in 1978.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassDemospongiae
- OrderVerongiida
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded34,968
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Verongiida (also known as Verongida) is an order of sea sponges within the phylum Porifera. The "skeleton" in these sponges is made up of spongin, rather than of spicules. They live in marine environments. The name was proposed by Patricia Bergquist in 1978.
==References==
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Porifera
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Animalia
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Wikidata
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order
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phylum
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taxonomy
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Wikispecies
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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Demospongiae
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World Register of Marine Species
Organization
Catalogue of Life
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Paleobiology Database
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spicule
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Aplysina archeri
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Patricia Bergquist
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Australian Faunal Directory
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Spongin
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Aplysinidae
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Ianthellidae
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