Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Porifera - (Class) Demospongiae - (Order) Tetractinellida

Current position

Astrophorina (Suborder) Sollas, 1888

Ref: R.W.M. van Soest et al.: [29 Jan 2015] [Cárdenas et al., 2011: fig. 2]. [inferred]

Alternative positions

Astrophora (Suborder)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 589.
Astrophorida (Order) Sollas, 1888	Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 13.
Choristida (Order) Sollas, 1885	Ref: 25/11/2004
Pachastrellida (Order) Reid, 2004	Ref: R.E.H. Reid, 2004a: 179.

Historical positions

Astrophorida (Order) Sollas, 1888	Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 13.
Pachastrellida (Order) Reid, 2004	Ref: R.E.H. Reid, 2004a: 179; 2, table 1 (p. 794). [new position]
Astrophorida (Order) Sollas, 1888	Ref: J.N.A. Hooper & R.W.M. van Soest, 2002: 141.
Astrophorida (Order) Sollas, 1888	Ref: R.W.M. van Soest, 2001: 86.
Astrophorida (Order) Sollas, 1888	Ref: W.D. Hartman, 1982: 643.
Astrophora (Suborder)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 589.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8g; †5g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Aug 2018	[8g; †5g]
	R.W.M. van Soest et al.: [31 Jan 2015]	[8g]
2011	J.N.A. Hooper et al.: 13	12g;148s
2004a	J.K. Rigby: 2	†10g
1982	W.D. Hartman: 643	5g