Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida

Microcionina Hajdu, van Soest & Hooper, 1994

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acarnidae Dendy, 1922
Microcionidae Carter, 1875
Raspailiidae Nardo, 1833
Rhabderemiidae Topsent, 1928

basis of record	Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Suborder Microcionina Hajdu, Van Soest & Hooper, 1994. Pp. 409-411. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
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: pp. 85-103
redescription	Hajdu, E.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. 1994a. Proposal for a phylogenetic subordinal classification of poecilosclerid sponges. Pp. 123-139. In: van Soest, R.W.M., van Kempen, Th.M.G. & Braekman,J.-C. (Eds), Sponges in Time and Space. (Balkema: Rotterdam): 1-515.

van Soest, R. (2014). Microcionina. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131610