Overview
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Hadromerida is an of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.1]
Some members of this order are the targeted prey of hawksbill turtles.[2]
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Taxonomy
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The Order Hadromerida is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (17): Acanthochaetetidae · Alectonidae · Ceotinellidae · Choanitidae · Chondrosiidae · Clionaidae · Hemiasterellidae · Placospongiidae · Polymastiidae · Polysiphonidae · Sollasellidae · Spirastrellidae · Stylocordylidae · Suberitidae · Tethyidae · Timeidae · Trachycladidae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 814 species and subspecies in the Order Hadromerida.
Families
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Acanthochaetetidae
Alectonidae
Ceotinellidae
Choanitidae
Chondrosiidae
Clionaidae
Hemiasterellidae
Placospongiidae
Polymastiidae
Polymastiidae is a family of found in oceans throughout the world. A useful diagnostic characteristic of members of this family is the presence of numerous surface papillae although this feature is shown by some other sponges. [more]
Polysiphonidae
Sollasellidae
Spirastrellidae
Stylocordylidae
Suberitidae
Tethyidae
Timeidae
Trachycladidae
At least 8 species and subspecies belong to the Family Trachycladidae.
More info about the Family Trachycladidae may be found here.
References
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- ^ Hadromerida (TSN 48443). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 16 February 2007.
- ^ Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 239 (4838): 393–395, http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-8075%2819880122%293%3A239%3A4838%3C393%3ASIHTAD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H. Retrieved on 15 February 2007.
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