Heteroscleromorpha

Heteroscleromorpha
Axinella polypoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
Orders
Synonyms
List
  • Democlavia
  • Desmacidonitida
  • Hadromerida
  • Halichondrida
  • Haploscleromorpha
  • Lithistida
  • Spirastrellida

Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera.

Heteroscleromorpha has the most taxa of the demosponge subclasses, with an estimated 7500 species.