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Hikorocodium

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae

Taxonomy
Hikorocodium was named by Endo (1951). Its type is Hikorocodium elegantae.

It was assigned to Codiaceae by Andrews (1970); and to Preperonidellinae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2007).

Species
H. elegantae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Hikorocodium Endo
1970Hikorocodium Andrews
2007Hikorocodium Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPreperonidellidae
subfamilyPreperonidellinae
genusHikorocodiumEndo 1951

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. †Hikorocodium Endo 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Changhsingian or 315.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Japan H. sp. (24136)
Kubergandian - Murgabian279.8 - 267.0Indonesia H. sp. (75572)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) H. elegantae (42097)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hubei) H. sp. (116661)