Tetractinellida
Sign in to saveTetractinellida is an order of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae. First described in 1876, this order received a new description in 2012 and replaced the two orders Astrophorida and Spirophorida, which then became sub-orders as Astrophorina and Spirophorina.
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Tetractinellida is an order of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae. First described in 1876, this order received a new description in 2012 and replaced the two orders Astrophorida and Spirophorida, which then became sub-orders as Astrophorina and Spirophorina.
==Families== Suborder Astrophorina Sollas, 1887 Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870 Family Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1907 Family Corallistidae Sollas, 1888 Family Geodiidae Gray, 1867 Family Isoraphiniidae Schrammen, 1924 Family Macandrewiidae Schrammen, 1924 Family Neopeltidae Sollas, 1888 Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875 Family Phymaraphiniidae Schrammen, 1924 Family Phymatellidae Schrammen, 1910 Family Pleromidae Sollas, 1888 Family Theneidae Carter, 1883 Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903 Family Thrombidae Sollas, 1888 Family Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011 Suborder Spirophorina Bergquist & Hogg, 1969 Family Azoricidae Sollas, 1888 Family Samidae Sollas, 1888 Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888 Family Siphonidiidae Lendenfeld, 1903 Family Spirasigmidae Hallmann, 1912 Family Stupendidae Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016 Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1886 Suborder Thoosina Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero, Cárdenas, Cruz-Barraza, Aguilar-Camacho, 2018 Family Thoosidae Cockerell, 1925