Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Subclass Verongimorpha | Scientific name Verongida Rank Order Order Verongia | |
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Similar Aplysina, Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, Haplosclerida, Halichondrida | ||
Verongida (also called Verongiida) is the name of an order of demosponges within the phylum Porifera. The "skeleton" in these sponges is made up of spongin, rather than of spicules. They live in marine environments.
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