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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Subclass: | Heteroscleromorpha |
| Order: | Merliida Vacelet, 19791 |
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Merliida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha, first described as such by Jean Vacelet in 1979.21
References
References
- Vacelet, J. 1979. Description et affinités d’une éponge sphinctozoaire actuelle. Pp. 483-493. In: Lévi, C. & Boury-Esnault, N. (Eds), Biologie des Spongiaires - Sponge Biology. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 291. (Centre National de laRecherche Scientifique: Paris).
- van Soest, R. (2015). Merliida. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L. (2016). World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17.