Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha

Axinellida Lévi, 1953

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

*Axinellidae*	Carter, 1875	taxonomically included in
*Heteroxyidae*	Dendy, 1905	taxonomically included in
*Raspailiidae*	Nardo, 1833	taxonomically included in
*Stelligeridae*	Lendenfeld, 1898	taxonomically included in

Children

Axinellidae Carter, 1875
Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905
Raspailiidae Nardo, 1833
Stelligeridae Lendenfeld, 1898

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 中軸海綿目

Literature

original description	Lévi, C. (1953). Sur une nouvelle classification des Démosponges. Compte rendu hebdomadaire des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. 236 (8): 853-855.
basis of record	Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 12: 7.
redescription	Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(1): 174-190.