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Heteroscleromorpha in languages:

Japanese

異骨海綿亜綱

Japanese

硬海綿目

Japanese

磯海綿目

Japanese

イシカイメン目

Korean

이골해면아강

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Parent Taxon

• N/A

Sibling Taxa

• Heteroscleromorpha
• Keratosa
• Myceliospongia
• Verongimorpha

Child Taxa

• Agelasida
• Axinellida
• Biemnida
• Bubarida
• Clionaida
• Desmacellida
• Haplosclerida
• Merliida
• Poecilosclerida
• Polymastiida
• Scopalinida
• Sphaerocladina
• Spongillida
• Suberitida
• Tethyida
• Tetractinellida
• Trachycladida

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