Astrophorina

Astrophorina
	Geodia barretti
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Tetractinellida
Suborder:	Astrophorina; Sollas, 1887
Families
	Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870; Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907; Corallistidae Sollas, 1888; Geodiidae Gray, 1867; Isoraphiniidae Schrammen, 1924; Macandrewiidae Schrammen, 1924; Neopeltidae Sollas, 1888; Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875; Phymaraphiniidae Schrammen, 1924; Phymatellidae Schrammen, 1910; Pleromidae Sollas, 1888; Theneidae Carter, 1883; Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903; Thrombidae Sollas, 1888; Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011;
Synonyms
	Astrophorida Sollas, 1887;

Astrophorida is a suborder of sea sponges in the class Demospongiae.^[1]^[2]

Some of the members of this order are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.^[3]

Since Morrow & Cárdenas' (2015), Astrophorida is unaccepted as an order and has become a suborder of Tetractinellida.^[4]

Bibliography

"Astrophorida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
Morrow & Cárdenas' (2015) revision of the higher taxa of the Demospongiae, Astrophorida sensu Lévi, 1973 (and sensu Hooper & Van Soest, 2002)

^ "Astrophorida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
^ van Soest, R. (2013). "Astrophorida Sollas, 1887". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
^ Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science. 239 (4838). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 393–395. doi:10.1126/science.239.4838.393. JSTOR 1700236. PMID 17836872.
^ Morrow & Cárdenas' (2015) revision of the higher taxa of the Demospongiae, Astrophorida sensu Lévi, 1973 (and sensu Hooper & Van Soest, 2002)

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