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

Biemnida Morrow, 2013

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

*Biemnidae*	Hentschel, 1923	taxonomically included in
*Rhabderemiidae*	Topsent, 1928	taxonomically included in

Children

Biemnidae Hentschel, 1923
Rhabderemiidae Topsent, 1928

Literature

original description	Morrow, C.C.; Redmond, N.E.; Picton, B.E.; Thacker, R.W.; Collins, A.G.; Maggs, C.A.; Sigwart, J.D.; Allcock, A.L. (2013). Molecular Phylogenies Support Homoplasy of Multiple Morphological Characters Used in the Taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera, Demospongiae). Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53 (3): 428-446.
basis of record	Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 12: 7.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Biemnida. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736911