Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Porifera

Current position

Silicispongia ([unranked]) Schmidt, 1862

Ref: J.N.A. Hooper & R.W.M. van Soest, 2002: 15. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Cellularia (Subphylum) Reiswig & Mackie, 1983	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 92.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: B.D. Webby, 2015: xlviii.
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. 36).
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: B.D. Webby, 2015: xlviii.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: P. Cárdenas et al., 2012: table 2.11 (p. 174). [indirect]
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 13.
Cellularia (Subphylum) Reiswig & Mackie, 1983	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 92, fig. 5.17A-B.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: J.N.A. Hooper & R.W.M. van Soest, 2002: 15, 1532, table 1 (p. 1521).
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: R.W.M. van Soest, 2001: 85.
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: 1998
Cellularia (Subphylum) Reiswig & Mackie, 1983	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Porifera (Phylum) Grant, 1836	Ref: W.D. Hartman, 1982: 642.
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	15o;96f;512g;255s;8ss;3v; †3o;102f;573g;132s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Feb 2015	[12o;96f;512g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 36)	[12o]
2011	J.N.A. Hooper et al.: 13, 15, 16	[4sc];12[25]o;[90f]; †4[0]sc;22[2]o;9so (1g;1s incertae sedis)
2002	J.N.A. Hooper & R.W.M. van Soest	[15o]
1982	W.D. Hartman	[14o70f]