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Order of sponges From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families.[1] Along with the Dendroceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges, in which a mineral skeleton is minimal or absent and a skeleton of organic fibers containing spongin, a collagen-like material, is present instead.[2]
Dictyoceratida | |
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A commensal amphipod emerges from a stinking vase sponge collected at St. Augustine Scarp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Subclass: | Keratosa |
Order: | Dictyoceratida Minchin, 1900 |
Families | |
Synonyms | |
Verticillitida |
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