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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
        Microcionina
          Iophonidae
          Microcionidae
            Microcioninae
              Cornulotrocha
              Clathria
                Clathria acanthotoxa
                Clathria anancora
                Clathria anchorata
                Clathria angularis
                Clathria armata
                Clathria ascendens
                Clathria assimilis
                Clathria atrasanguinea
                Clathria barleei
                Clathria basifixa
                Clathria bitoxa
                Clathria campecheae
                Clathria cantabrica
                Clathria chelifera
                Clathria cleistochela
                Clathria compressa
                Clathria corallorhizoides
                Clathria ctenichela
                Clathria delicata
                Clathria depressa
                Clathria dianae
                Clathria ditoxa
                Clathria duplex
                Clathria elliptichela
                Clathria fallax
                Clathria frogeti
                Clathria frondiculata
                Clathria gradalis
                Clathria haplotoxa
                Clathria heterotoxa
                Clathria hjorti
                Clathria intermedia
                Clathria jolicoeuri
                Clathria laevis
                Clathria levii
                Clathria macrochela
                Clathria marissuperi
                Clathria microchela
                Clathria normani
                Clathria oroides
                Clathria osismica
                Clathria oxeifera
                Clathria palmatichela
                Clathria plurityla
                Clathria poecilosclera
                Clathria primitiva
                Clathria schmitti
                Clathria seriata
                Clathria spinarcus
                Clathria strepsitoxa
                Clathria tenuissima
                Clathria toximajor
                Clathria toxirecta
                Clathria toxistricta
                Clathria toxistyla
                Clathria toxitenuis
                Clathria toxivaria
                Clathria translata
                Clathria tricurvatifera
                Clathria prolifera
                Clathria aspera
                Clathria dichela
                Clathria discreta
                Clathria granulata
                Clathria koreana
                Clathria lobata
                Clathria minuta
                Clathria surculosa
                Clathria virgultosa
                Clathria zoanthifera
                Clathria (Axosuberites)
                Clathria (Clathria)
                Clathria (Dendrocia)
                Clathria (Isociella)
                Clathria (Microciona)
                    Clathria (Microciona) rhopalophora
                    Clathria (Microciona) aceratoobtusa
                    Clathria (Microciona) adioristica
                    Clathria (Microciona) affinis
                    Clathria (Microciona) africana
                    Clathria (Microciona) anancora
                    Clathria (Microciona) angularis
                    Clathria (Microciona) anonyma
                    Clathria (Microciona) antarctica
                    Clathria (Microciona) armata
                    Clathria (Microciona) ascendens
                    Clathria (Microciona) assimilis
                    Clathria (Microciona) atrasanguinea
                    Clathria (Microciona) australis
                    Clathria (Microciona) basifixa
                    Clathria (Microciona) bitoxa
                    Clathria (Microciona) brepha
                    Clathria (Microciona) brondstedi
                    Clathria (Microciona) bulboretorta
                    Clathria (Microciona) bulbotoxa
                    Clathria (Microciona) calla
                    Clathria (Microciona) campecheae
                    Clathria (Microciona) claudei
                    Clathria (Microciona) cleistochela
                    Clathria (Microciona) coccinea
                    Clathria (Microciona) ctenichela
                    Clathria (Microciona) dendyi
                    Clathria (Microciona) densa
                    Clathria (Microciona) dianae
                    Clathria (Microciona) ditoxa
                    Clathria (Microciona) duplex
                    Clathria (Microciona) echinata
                    Clathria (Microciona) elliptichela
                    Clathria (Microciona) fallax
                    Clathria (Microciona) ferrea
                    Clathria (Microciona) fraudator
                    Clathria (Microciona) frogeti
                    Clathria (Microciona) gradalis
                    Clathria (Microciona) grisea
                    Clathria (Microciona) haematodes
                    Clathria (Microciona) haplotoxa
                    Clathria (Microciona) hentscheli
                    Clathria (Microciona) heterotoxa
                    Clathria (Microciona) hymedesmioides
                    Clathria (Microciona) illawarrae
                    Clathria (Microciona) ixauda
                    Clathria (Microciona) kentii
                    Clathria (Microciona) laevis
                    Clathria (Microciona) lajorei
                    Clathria (Microciona) leighensis
                    Clathria (Microciona) levii
                    Clathria (Microciona) lizardensis
                    Clathria (Microciona) longispiculum
                    Clathria (Microciona) longistyla
                    Clathria (Microciona) macrochela
                    Clathria (Microciona) microjoanna
                    Clathria (Microciona) micronesia
                    Clathria (Microciona) microxea
                    Clathria (Microciona) mima
                    Clathria (Microciona) namibiensis
                    Clathria (Microciona) normani
                    Clathria (Microciona) novaezealandiae
                    Clathria (Microciona) osismica
                    Clathria (Microciona) palmatichela
                    Clathria (Microciona) parthena
                    Clathria (Microciona) pennata
                    Clathria (Microciona) plinthina
                    Clathria (Microciona) poecilosclera
                    Clathria (Microciona) polita
                    Clathria (Microciona) primitiva
                    Clathria (Microciona) rarispinosa
                    Clathria (Microciona) richmondi
                    Clathria (Microciona) scotti
                    Clathria (Microciona) sigmoidea
                    Clathria (Microciona) simae
                    Clathria (Microciona) similis
                    Clathria (Microciona) spinarcus
                    Clathria (Microciona) spinatoxa
                    Clathria (Microciona) spinosa
                    Clathria (Microciona) spongigartina
                    Clathria (Microciona) stephensae
                    Clathria (Microciona) strepsitoxa
                    Clathria (Microciona) tenuis
                    Clathria (Microciona) tenuissima
                    Clathria (Microciona) tetrastyla
                    Clathria (Microciona) thielei
                    Clathria (Microciona) toxifera
                    Clathria (Microciona) toximajor
                    Clathria (Microciona) toxirecta
                    Clathria (Microciona) toxitenuis
                    Clathria (Microciona) toxivaria
                    Clathria (Microciona) tunisiae
                    Clathria (Microciona) urizae
                    Clathria (Microciona) vacelettia
                    Clathria (Microciona) tuberculata
                    Clathria (Microciona) simpsoni
                    Clathria (Microciona) affinis
                    Clathria (Microciona) fascispiculifera
                    Clathria (Microciona) jecusculum
                    Clathria (Microciona) laevissima
                    Clathria (Microciona) proxima
                    Clathria (Microciona) pugio
                    Clathria (Microciona) pustulosa
                    Clathria (Microciona) quadriradiata
                    Clathria (Microciona) seriata
                    Clathria (Microciona) tumulosa
                    Clathria (Microciona) basispinosa
                    Clathria (Microciona) rubens
                    Clathria (Microciona) aculeofila
                Clathria (Thalysias)
                Clathria (Wilsonella)
                Clathria lipochela
                Clathria pauper
                Clathria terraenovae
                Clathria paucispicula
                Clathria toxipraedita
                Clathria amabilis
                Clathria (Axociella)
                Clathria loveni
                Clathria mollis
                Clathria chartacea
                Clathria hartmeyeri
                Clathria morisca
                Clathria fauroti
                Clathria georgiaensis
                Clathria parva
                Clathria toxitenuis
                Clathria whiteleggei
                Clathria angulifera
                Clathria anthoides
                Clathria arcuophora
                Clathria axociona
                Clathria basilana
                Clathria biclathrata
                Clathria borealis
                Clathria bulbosa
                Clathria burtoni
                Clathria caelata
                Clathria calopora
                Clathria calypso
                Clathria carteri
                Clathria compressa
                Clathria conica
                Clathria dayi
                Clathria decumbens
                Clathria elastica
                Clathria elastica
                Clathria elegans
                Clathria faviformis
                Clathria foliacea
                Clathria foliascens
                Clathria hexagonopora
                Clathria inanchorata
                Clathria indica
                Clathria inhacensis
                Clathria juncea
                Clathria kylista
                Clathria laevigata
                Clathria lissosclera
                Clathria longichela
                Clathria macroisochela
                Clathria madrepora
                Clathria maeandrina
                Clathria menoui
                Clathria microxa
                Clathria mosulpia
                Clathria multipes
                Clathria murphyi
                Clathria oculata
                Clathria pachystyla
                Clathria papillosa
                Clathria partita
                Clathria pellicula
                Clathria rectangulosa
                Clathria rhaphidotoxa
                Clathria robusta
                Clathria sarai
                Clathria saraspinifera
                Clathria shirahama
                Clathria spinispicula
                Clathria spongiosa
                Clathria spongodes
                Clathria squalorum
                Clathria striata
                Clathria tenuifibra
                Clathria tortuosa
                Clathria transiens
                Clathria ulmus
                Clathria unica
                Clathria wilsoni
                Clathria alata
                Clathria dura
                Clathria elegantula
                Clathria imperfecta
                Clathria myxilloides
                Clathria pyramida
                Clathria incrustans
                Clathria macropora
                Clathria selachia
                Clathria skia
                Clathria acanthotoxa
                Clathria brondstedi
                Clathria bulbotoxa
                Clathria claudei
                Clathria curvichela
                Clathria hentscheli
                Clathria hymedesmioides
                Clathria illawarrae
                Clathria leighensis
                Clathria lizardensis
                Clathria richmondi
                Clathria rubens
                Clathria simae
                Clathria stephensae
                Clathria tunisiae
                Clathria urizae
                Clathria vacelettia
                Clathria acanthodes
                Clathria aculeata
                Clathria amirantiensis
                Clathria aphylla
                Clathria araiosa
                Clathria basiarenacea
                Clathria calochela
                Clathria copiosa
                Clathria coppingeri
                Clathria corallitincta
                Clathria corneolia
                Clathria costifera
                Clathria cullingworthi
                Clathria darwinensis
                Clathria dentata
                Clathria encrusta
                Clathria fascicularis
                Clathria fasciculata
                Clathria favosa
                Clathria flabellifera
                Clathria diechinata
                Clathria australis
                Clathria fusterna
                Clathria hallmanni
                Clathria hechteli
                Clathria hesperia
                Clathria hirsuta
                Clathria indurata
                Clathria jugosa
                Clathria kieschnicki
                Clathria koltuni
                Clathria lematolae
                Clathria lendenfeldi
                Clathria major
                Clathria multipora
                Clathria oxitoxa
                Clathria phorbasiformis
                Clathria reinwardti
                Clathria spicata
                Clathria styloprothesis
                Clathria tingens
                Clathria wesselensis
                Clathria abrolhosensis
                Clathria australiensis
                Clathria claviformis
                Clathria ensiae
                Clathria lindgreni
                Clathria litos
                Clathria mixta
                Clathria ramosa
                Clathria rugosa
                Clathria pelligera
                Clathria frondifera
                Clathria dichela
                Clathria spiculosa
                Clathria mortenseni
                Clathria pulcherrima
                Clathria procera
                Clathria beani
                Clathria abyssorum
                Clathria laciniosa
                Clathria coralloides
                Clathria spinifera
                Clathria (Cornulotrocha)
                Clathria hongdoensis
                Clathria sohuksanensis
                Clathria perforata
                Clathria benguelaensis
                Clathria omegiensis
                Clathria oudekraalensis
                Clathria hooperi
                Clathria rosetafiordica
                Clathria marplatensis
                Clathria scabida
                Clathria prolifera
                Clathria connectens
                Clathria echinonematissima
                Clathria flabellata
                Clathria gorgonioides
                Clathria horrida
                Clathria obliqua
                Clathria vasiformis
                Clathria calla
                Clathria echinata
                Clathria adioristica
                Clathria spinosa
                Clathria ferrea
                Clathria rarispinosa
                Clathria isodictyoides
                Clathria raraechelae
                Clathria schoenus
                Clathria venosa
                Clathria collosclera
                Clathria meyeri
                Clathria noarlungae
                Clathria oxyphila
                Clathria piniformis
                Clathria productitoxa
                Clathria pyramidalis
                Clathria raphanus
                Clathria rubens
                Clathria scotti
                Clathria typica
                Clathria toxifera
                Clathria topsenti
                Clathria mutabilis
                Clathria longitoxa
                Clathria dubia
                Clathria aruensis
                Clathria eccentrica
                Clathria aceratoobtusa
                Clathria affinis
                Clathria anonyma
                Clathria brepha
                Clathria bulboretorta
                Clathria coccinea
                Clathria dendyi
                Clathria densa
                Clathria grisea
                Clathria haematodes
                Clathria ixauda
                Clathria lajorei
                Clathria microjoanna
                Clathria micronesia
                Clathria microxea
                Clathria mima
                Clathria parthena
                Clathria pennata
                Clathria plinthina
                Clathria polita
                Clathria quadriradiata
                Clathria rhopalophora
                Clathria seriata
                Clathria sigmoidea
                Clathria similis
                Clathria spinatoxa
                Clathria spongigartina
                Clathria tetrastyla
                Clathria abietina
                Clathria arborescens
                Clathria arteria
                Clathria bitoxifera
                Clathria craspedia
                Clathria cratitia
                Clathria delaubenfelsi
                Clathria distincta
                Clathria erecta
                Clathria eurypa
                Clathria filifera
                Clathria hartmani
                Clathria juniperina
                Clathria kilauea
                Clathria lambda
                Clathria linda
                Clathria lissoclada
                Clathria maunaloa
                Clathria membranacea
                Clathria cervicornis
                Clathria michaelseni
                Clathria micropunctata
                Clathria naikaiensis
                Clathria nervosa
                Clathria nuda
                Clathria orientalis
                Clathria originalis
                Clathria pachyaxia
                Clathria placenta
                Clathria ramosa
                Clathria typica
                Clathria ridleyi
                Clathria rubra
                Clathria spinifera
                Clathria vulpina
                Clathria oxeota
                Clathria dichotoma
                Clathria labyrinthica
              Hymantho
              Microciona
              Paresperia
              Rhaphidophlus
              Echinochalina
              Holopsamma
              Pandaros
              Axociella
              Pseudanchinoe
              Stylotellopsis
              Aaata
              Anaata
              Antherochalina
              Aulenella
              Axocielita
              Clathriopsamma
              Colloclathria
              Dendrocia
              Dictyociona
              Echinonema
              Fisherispongia
              Halme
              Leptoclathria
              Litaspongia
              Marleyia
              Ophistospongia
              Oplitaspongia
              Paratenaciella
              Plectispa
              Protophlitaspongia
              Psammotoxa
              Raphidophlus
              Rhapidophlus
              Tenacia
              Thalassodendron
              Thalyseurypon
              Wilsonella
              Allocia
              Damoseni
              Labacea
              Ligrota
              Paradoryx
              Pitalia
              Ramoses
              Sophax
              Tablis
              Tenaciella
              Isociella
              Thalysias
              Axosuberites
              Wetmoreus
            Ophlitaspongiinae
            Acarniidae
            Ophlitaspongiidae
          Raspailiidae
          Rhabderemiidae
          Clathriidae
          Acarnidae
          Sollasellidae
          Iophoneae
          Cornulidae
        Mycalina
        Myxillina
        Latrunculina
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
      Petrosida
      Nepheliospongida
      Choristida
      Axinellida
      Agelasida
      Demospongiae incertae sedis
      Verticillitida
      Keratosa
      Myxospongiae
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