Suberites

Suberites
Suberites domuncula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Suberitida
Family: Suberitidae
Genus: Suberites
Nardo, 1833
Species

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Synonyms
List
  • Carnleia Burton, 1930
  • Choanites Mantell, 1822 sensu De Laubenfels, 1936
  • Ficulina Gray, 1867
  • Laxosuberella Burton, 1930
  • Litamena Nardo, 1833
  • Lithumena Renier, 1828
  • Raspailia (Syringella) sensu Schmidt, 1868
  • Suberanthus Lendenfeld, 1898
  • Suberella Thiele, 1905
  • Suberella Burton, 1929
  • Syringella Schmidt, 1868

Suberites is a genus of sea sponges in the family Suberitidae.[1] Sponges, known scientifically as Porifera, are the oldest metazoans and are used to elucidate the basics of multicellular evolution.[2] These living fossils are ideal for studying the principal features of metazoans, such as extracellular matrix interactions, signal-receptor systems, nervous or sensory systems, and primitive immune systems. Thus, sponges are useful tools with which to study early animal evolution. They appeared approximately 580 million years ago, in the Ediacaran.[2]

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Suberites Nardo, 1833". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b Müller, Werner E.G (June 2001). "Review: How was metazoan threshold crossed? The hypothetical Urmetazoa". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 129 (2–3): 433–460. doi:10.1016/s1095-6433(00)00360-3. PMID 11423315.