Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Porifera

Current position

Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836

Ref: B.D. Webby, 2015: xlix.

Alternative positions

Cellularia (Subphylum) Reiswig & Mackie, 1983	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 93.
Spongia (Phylum)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 588.

Historical positions

Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 35).
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: B.D. Webby, 2015: xlix.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 16.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: R.M. Finks & J.K. Rigby, 2004d: 734; 8.
Cellularia (Subphylum) Reiswig & Mackie, 1983	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 93, fig. 5.17A-B.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 39.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: J.N.A. Hooper & R.W.M. van Soest, 2002: 1103, 1532, table 1 (p. 1521).
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: R.W.M. van Soest, 2001: 101.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 4 (p. 235). [invalid/synonym] [assumed]
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: 1998
Cellularia (Subphylum) Reiswig & Mackie, 1983	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: S. Bengtson, 1992: table 23.5 (p. 1017).
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: W.D. Hartman, 1982: 655.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 168.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 319.
Spongia (Phylum)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 588.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5o;23f;80g;37s; †3o;3f;119g;23s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Feb 2015	[5o;23f;80g]
	R.W.M. van Soest et al.: [26 Feb 2015]	[5o;23f;80g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 35)	[5o]
2011	J.N.A. Hooper et al.: 16, 17	2sc; †1[0]sc;4o
2004a	J.K. Rigby: 8	[6o;18f]; †[1o;3f];57g
2004	E.E. Ruppert et al.	500s
2002	J.N.A. Hooper & R.W.M. van Soest	[5o]
1987	R.S. Boardman et al.	60g; †115g
1982	W.D. Hartman	4sc6o16f[57g]