Calcarea

See also: calcarea and calcárea

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Calcarea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Porifera – the calcareous sponges.
Synonym: Calcispongiae (archaic)

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Porifera - phylum

Hyponyms

(class): Calcinea, Calcaronea - subclass

References

Calcarea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Calcarea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Calcarea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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