Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera

Homoscleromorpha Bergquist, 1978

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905

Literature

original description	Bergquist, P.R. (1978). Sponges. Hutchinson: London, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles. 1-268.
basis of record	Gazave, E.; Lapébie, P.; Ereskovsky, A.V.; Vacelet, J.; Renard, E.; Cárdenas, P.; Borchiellini, C. (2012). No longer Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha formal nomination as a fourth class of Porifera. In: Maldonado M, Turon X, Becerro MA, Uriz MJ (eds) Ancient Animals, New Challenges. Sponge Research Developments. Hydrobiologia. 687(1): 3-10.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Domingos, C.; Lage, A.; Muricy, G. (2016). Overview of the biodiversity and distribution of the Class Homoscleromorpha in the Tropical Western Atlantic. In: Schönberg CHL, Fromont J, Hooper NA, Sorokin S, Zhang W, de Voogd N (eds) New Frontiers in Sponge Science – the 2013 Fremantle Sponge Conference. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 96, 379-389.

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Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Homoscleromorpha. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131587