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Calcarea ClassificationSubclass CalcineaSubclass Calcaronea

Order Clathrinida
Order Murrayonida
Family Murrayonidae
Family Paramurrayonidae
Family Lelapiellidae

Subclass Calcinea
Order Murrayonida
Family Paramurrayonidae VACELET, 1967

taken from 'Sponguide' by J.N.A. Hooper (Queensland Museum, Brisbane)

Definition: Choanosomal skeleton composed of bundles of diapsons (tuning-fork triradiates) without any rigid structure; cortical skeleton composed chiefly of a superficial layer of overlapping calcareous scales and an internal layer of free calcareous plates.

Scope: Single genus.

Reviews: Borojevic et al. (1990).

Genera:
Paramurrayona Vacelet, 1967 (type species: Paramurrayona corticata Vacelet, 1967) - as for family.