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Leiospongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae

Taxonomy
Leiospongia was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Sepkoski's reference number: 218,978]. It is not extant. Its type is Achilleum verrucosum.

It was assigned to Axinellida by Sepkoski (2002); to Leiofungiinae by Finks et al. (2004) and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015); and to Agelasida by West et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Leiospongia d'Orbigny
1859Leiofungia Fromentel
1865Leiofungia Laube p. 21
2002Leiospongia Sepkoski
2004Leiospongia Finks et al.
2015Leiofungia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 393
2015Leiospongia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 393
2015Leiospongia West et al. p. 264

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPharetrospongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyLeiofungiinae
genusLeiospongiad'Orbigny 1849

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. †Leiospongia d'Orbigny 1849
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Leiospongia alpina Klipstein 1845
Leiospongia polymorpha Klipstein 1843
Leiospongia verrucosa Münster 1841
Invalid names: Leiofungia Fromentel 1859 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available