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Aka

Demospongiae - Clavulina - Adociidae

Taxonomy
Aka was named by De Laubenfels (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Haplosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Adociidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Aka De Laubenfels
2002Aka Sepkoski
2004Aka Finks et al. p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderClavulinaVosmaer 1887
familyAdociidaeDe Laubenfels 1936
genusAkaDe Laubenfels 1936

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Aka De Laubenfels 1936
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Aka muelleri Reitner and Keupp 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partso
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: boringo
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 09:21:39
Modified: 2007-10-08 11:21:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 235.00000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Italy A. cassianensis (182585) A. sp. (182570)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy A. cassianensis (67620)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy A. cassianensis (34691)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Morocco A. sp. (24140)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany A. muelleri (74033) A. sp. (68549)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland A. sp. (24200)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) A. sp. (25412)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Lower Saxony) A. muelleri (24127)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany A. muelleri (74037)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Spain A. muelleri (56771)