Porifera

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23,503 records (23,653 in total)

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Datasets

35 datasets have provided data to the NBN Atlas Scotland for this phylum.

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Porifera Grant, 1836
  • UKSI
Synonym Source
Porifera synonym
  • UKSI
Porifera synonym
  • UKSI
Porifera indet. synonym
  • UKSI
Common Name Source
Encrusting sponges
  • UKSI
Sponge
  • UKSI
Sponge
  • UKSI
Sponge crusts
  • UKSI
Sponges
  • UKSI
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Classification

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Biota
domain
Eukaryota
kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Porifera
phylum
Porifera indet crusts 
class
Calcarea Bowerbank, 1862 
class
Demospongiae Sollas, 1885 
class
Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870 
class
Homoscleromorpha Bergquist, 1978 
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References for this taxon found in the Conservation Evidence Library

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