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Poecilosclerida {order} -
Porifera
;
Demospongiae
;
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Sub-taxa
Families (22)
Acarnidae [59]
Chondropsidae [11]
Cladorhizidae [201]
Coelocarteriidae [1]
Coelosphaeridae [147]
Crambeidae [69]
Crellidae [66]
Dendoricellidae [11]
Desmacididae [31]
Desmoxyidae [1]
Esperiopsidae [49]
Guitarridae [7]
Hymedesmiidae [254]
Iotrochotidae [32]
Isodictyidae [62]
Latrunculiidae [72]
Microcionidae [279]
Mycalidae [260]
Myxillidae [91]
Phellodermidae [2]
Podospongiidae [18]
Tedaniidae [121]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
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BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
1,915
Public Records:
1,076
Specimens with Sequences:
1,385
Public Species:
272
Specimens with Barcodes:
904
Public BINs:
155
Species:
367
Species With Barcodes:
256
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images representing subtaxa of Poecilosclerida
(
Tedaniidae
)
Sample ID:
NZSPG083
License:
Copyright (2014)
License Holder:
University of Waikato
Collection Sites
Collected from 15 countries.
Top 20:
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Canada
242
Costa Rica
29
Sweden
2
United States
65
India
19
Vietnam
2
Panama
55
Portugal
7
Myanmar
1
Antarctica
46
United Kingdom
5
Colombia
1
New Zealand
34
Philippines
2
South Africa
1
![(Acarnidae - ESS187) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023) Unspecified Huntsman Marine Science Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ATCSP/ESS187_Spicules_v1%2B1692192350.jpg "(Acarnidae - ESS187) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023)")
![(Chondropsidae - NZSPG051) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) University of Waikato University of Waikato](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/NZSPG/Capture14%2B1416598284.jpg "(Chondropsidae - NZSPG051) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
![(Cladorhizidae - HMSC174_02740) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024) Unspecified Huntsman Marine Science Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ATCSP/HMSC174_02740-2305%2B1734449640.jpg "(Cladorhizidae - HMSC174_02740) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024)")
![(Coelosphaeridae - KML1208) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1208%2B1327182932.jpg "(Coelosphaeridae - KML1208) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Crambeidae - KML1197) @11 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1197%2B1321893678.jpg "(Crambeidae - KML1197) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Crellidae - ESS111) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023) Unspecified Huntsman Marine Science Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ATCSP/ESS111_Skeleton_v1%2B1692185106.jpg "(Crellidae - ESS111) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023)")
![(Dendoricellidae - TS013-C1) @11 [ ] CC by-nc (2023) Tanja Stratmann Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SONZ/TS013-C1%2B1705926258.JPG "(Dendoricellidae - TS013-C1) {} [ ] CC by-nc (2023)")
![(Desmacididae - ARC80682) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Huntsman Marine Science Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ATCSP/ARC80682%2B1712266838.jpg "(Desmacididae - ARC80682) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Esperiopsidae - DY081_0317) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2025) Unspecified Huntsman Marine Science Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ATCSP/317_DY081_ROV336_event011_image1_HDSCI_-_Edited%2B1741184841.jpg "(Esperiopsidae - DY081_0317) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2025)")
![(Guitarridae - NZSPG041) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) University of Waikato University of Waikato](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/NZSPG/IMG_1826%2B1407187042.JPG "(Guitarridae - NZSPG041) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
![(Hymedesmiidae - KML1174) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neil McDaniel McDaniel Photography](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1174%2B1321892142.jpg "(Hymedesmiidae - KML1174) {} [ ] Copyright (2012)")
![(Isodictyidae - Brier026) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike Unspecified Huntsman Marine Science Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ATCSP/Brier_026%2B1744029587.jpg "(Isodictyidae - Brier026) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike")
![(Latrunculiidae - PAC2022-035_OY086-057-01) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial (by-nc) Unspecified Fisheries & Oceans Canada](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSEP/PAC2022-035_OY086-057-01_F_001%2B1674002960.jpg "(Latrunculiidae - PAC2022-035_OY086-057-01) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial (by-nc)")
![(Microcionidae - KML1221) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PORBC/KML1221%2B1327189160.jpg "(Microcionidae - KML1221) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Mycalidae - M10JOR0368-32) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ROPOR/M10JOR0368-32_Mycale_%5BMycale%5D_lingua.jpg%2B1539009952.JPG "(Mycalidae - M10JOR0368-32) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Myxillidae - DY081_0082) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2025) Unspecified Huntsman Marine Science Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ATCSP/0082_DY081_porifera_IMG_0050_-_Edited%2B1741035860.jpg "(Myxillidae - DY081_0082) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2025)")
![(Tedaniidae - NZSPG083) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) University of Waikato University of Waikato](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/NZSPG/IMG_0961%2B1266463088.jpg "(Tedaniidae - NZSPG083) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
