Homoscleromorpha
Homosclerophorida is an order of marine sponges that belongs to the monotypic class Homoscleromorpha. Members of this family are exclusively marine, inhabiting shallow waters. The order is small, comprising somewhat more than 100 described species. These species are placed into around seven genera that belong to one of two families: Plakinidae and Oscarellidae.
The fossil record of Homosclerophorid sponges is poor because of to their sometimes present reduced and poorly organized siliceous skeleton. Their fossil record goes back at least to the early Carboniferous period. They also have fossil records during the Early and Upper Jurassic period.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 152111.