Astrophorina Explained

Astrophorina is a suborder of sea sponges in the class Demospongiae.^[1] Astrophorina was formerly named Astrophorida and classified as an order, but it is now recognised as a suborder of Tetractinellida^[2]

Bibliography

• • Morrow & Cárdenas' (2015) revision of the higher taxa of the Demospongiae, Astrophorida sensu Lévi, 1973 (and sensu Hooper & Van Soest, 2002)

Notes and References

1. van Soest, R. . 2013 . Astrophorida Sollas, 1887. Astrophorida. 131602. September 30, 2013.
2. Morrow & Cárdenas' (2015) revision of the higher taxa of the Demospongiae, Astrophorida sensu Lévi, 1973 (and sensu Hooper & Van Soest, 2002)