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Demospongiae {class} -
Porifera
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Sub-taxa
Orders (22)
Agelasida [567]
Axinellida [636]
Biemnida [95]
Bubarida [243]
Chondrillida [164]
Chondrosiida [95]
Clionaida [454]
Dendroceratida [109]
Desmacellida [26]
Dictyoceratida [1061]
Haplosclerida [2628]
Merliida [23]
Poecilosclerida [1933]
Polymastiida [291]
Scopalinida [159]
Sphaerocladina [29]
Spongillida [798]
Suberitida [1658]
Tethyida [242]
Tetractinellida [1537]
Trachycladida [3]
Verongiida [701]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
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BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
14,746
Public Records:
9,036
Specimens with Sequences:
11,934
Public Species:
1,720
Specimens with Barcodes:
8,440
Public BINs:
789
Species:
2,036
Species With Barcodes:
1,559
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Demospongiae
(
Verongiida
)
Sample ID:
CD2025_009
License:
CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2025)
License Holder:
Kara Layton, University of Toronto Mississauga
Collection Sites
Collected from 34 countries.
Top 20:
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Canada
640
Antarctica
84
Myanmar
28
United States
570
Australia
60
Greece
26
Panama
304
Sweden
53
Peru
16
Mexico
203
Vietnam
44
South Africa
12
Costa Rica
167
United Kingdom
36
South Korea
11
India
146
Colombia
34
Italy
10
New Zealand
101
Portugal
30
![(Agelasida - Pla_POR1361) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2025) Invemar Invemar-BEM](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CBISJ/RPO-60%2B1753388678.jpg "(Agelasida - Pla_POR1361) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2025)")
![(Axinellida - KML1190) @12 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1190%2B1321893256.jpg "(Axinellida - KML1190) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Biemnida - KML1290) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1290%2B1322704738.jpg "(Biemnida - KML1290) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Bubarida - DY081_0326) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2025) Unspecified Huntsman Marine Science Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ATCSP/0326_DY081_fanyellowsponge_RIMG5060%2B1741186684.jpg "(Bubarida - DY081_0326) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2025)")
![(Chondrillida - BIOUG14665-G12) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2014) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ARCMI/BIOUG14665-G12%2B1415110524.JPG "(Chondrillida - BIOUG14665-G12) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2014)")
![(Chondrosiida - MBIO3832.1) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MBMID/MBIO3832_1%2B1240289806.jpg "(Chondrosiida - MBIO3832.1) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Clionaida - KML1189) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1189%2B1321893184.jpg "(Clionaida - KML1189) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Dendroceratida - KML1230) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1230%2B1327193360.jpg "(Dendroceratida - KML1230) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Desmacellida - KML1284) @12 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1284%2B1321894602.jpg "(Desmacellida - KML1284) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Dictyoceratida - MBIO3513.1) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MBMID/MBIO3513_1%2B1240293404.jpg "(Dictyoceratida - MBIO3513.1) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Haplosclerida - KML1166) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1166%2B1321889856.jpg "(Haplosclerida - KML1166) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Merliida - SPN13-077) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TUNSA/TIC2013-014%2B1365182670.JPG "(Merliida - SPN13-077) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Poecilosclerida - KML1174) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1174%2B1321892142.jpg "(Poecilosclerida - KML1174) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Polymastiida - KML1300) @13 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1300%2B1336175824.jpg "(Polymastiida - KML1300) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Scopalinida - NZSPG036) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) University of Waikato University of Waikato](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/NZSPG/IMG_1815%2B1407185426.JPG "(Scopalinida - NZSPG036) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
![(Spongillida - LSMFI00121) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2021) Unspecified Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TITII/WhatsApp_Image_2021-11-18_at_2.24.09_PM%2B1637276163.jpeg "(Spongillida - LSMFI00121) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2021)")
![(Suberitida - KML1276) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1276%2B1321893910.jpg "(Suberitida - KML1276) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Tethyida - KML1304) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1304%2B1336675682.jpg "(Tethyida - KML1304) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Tetractinellida - BFLA-226) @13 [ ] Copyright (2008) Gustav Paulay Florida Musuem of Natural History](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FPMAR/dFL_00555%2B1205610740.jpg "(Tetractinellida - BFLA-226) {} [ ] Copyright (2008)")
![(Verongiida - CD2025_009) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2025) Kara Layton University of Toronto Mississauga](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LLBAR/CD2025_009%2B1748369040.jpeg "(Verongiida - CD2025_009) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2025)")
