Taxonomy

Animalia

Porifera

Demospongiae

Dictyoceratida D. Dysidea granulosa

Granulose Sponge

Granular Ill-omened-idea Bad-idea Network-horn

Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families. Along with the Dendroceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges, in which a mineral skeleton is minimal or absent and a skeleton of organic fibers containing spongin, a collagen-like material, is present instead.

Dictyoceratida. Retrieved May, 22 2023, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyoceratida.


Dysideidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida.

Dysideidae. Retrieved May, 22 2023, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysideidae.