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Paraphyletic? taxon: Order †Sigmatosclerophorida Burton, 1956 (sponge)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Possibly Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 16 (footnote 8).

Descendants

Possibly Haplosclerida (Order) Topsent, 1928 Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 16 (note 8).
Possibly Poecilosclerida (Order) Topsent, 1928 Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 16 (note 8).

Current position

Ceractinomorpha (Subclass) Lévi, 1953 Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 16.

Historical positions

Ceractinomorpha (Subclass) Lévi, 1953 Ref: J.N.A. Hooper et al., 2011: 16.
Ceractinomorpha (Subclass) Lévi, 1953 Ref: R.M. Finks & J.K. Rigby, 2004a: 58; 4, table 1 (p. 787).

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1f;4g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Jul 2018 [; †1f;4g]
2011 J.N.A. Hooper et al.: 16 †1f;4g
2004a J.K. Rigby: 4 †[1f];4g
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