Astrophorida

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Astrophorida
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Astrophorida
Bowerbank, 1862
families
  • Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870
  • Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907
  • Geodiidae Gray, 1867
  • Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875
  • Thrombidae Sollas, 1888
Synonyms

Epipolasida

Astrophorida is an order of sea sponges under the class Demospongiae.[1]

Some of the members of this order are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Astrophorida (TSN 48727). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 15 February 2007.
  2. ^ Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science 239 (4838): 393–395. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 


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