Verongimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis:
Ordines (3): Chondrillida – Chondrosiida – Verongiida
[Source:Porifera World Database (WoRMS 2017)]

• Verongimorpha Erpenbeck, Sutcliffe, Cook, Dietzel, Maldonado, Van Soest, Hooper & Wörheide, 2012: 811

• Erpenbeck, D., Sutcliffe, P., Cook, S. de C., Dietzel, A., Maldonado, M., Van Soest, R.W., Hooper, J.N. & Wörheide, G. 2012. Horny sponges and their affairs: On the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(3): 809–816. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.024 Reference page. 

• Redmond, N.E., Morrow, C.C., Thacker, R.W., Díaz, M.C., Boury-Esnault, N., Cárdenas, P., Hajdu, E., Lôbo-Hajdu, G., Picton, B.E., Pomponi, S.A., Kayal, E. & Collins, A.G. 2013. Phylogeny and Systematics of Demospongiae in Light of New Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S) Sequences. Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(3): 388–415. DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict078 Reference page. 
• Morrow, C. & Cárdenas, P. 2015. Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology 12: 7. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-015-0099-8 Reference page. 

• Verongimorpha in the World Register of Marine Species