Merliida
| Merliida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Porifera | 
| Class: | Demospongiae | 
| Subclass: | Heteroscleromorpha | 
| Order: | Merliida Vacelet, 1979 | 
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Merliida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha, first described as such by Jean Vacelet in 1979.