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Verongia

Demospongiae - Verongida - Verongiidae

Taxonomy
Verongia was named by Bowerbank (1845). It is extant. It is the type genus of Verongiidae.

It was assigned to Verongiidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Verongia Bowerbank p. 403
2004Verongia Finks et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassCeractinomorphaLevi 1953
RankNameAuthor
orderVerongida(Bergquist 1978)
familyVerongiidaede Laubenfels 1936
genusVerongiaBowerbank 1845

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. Verongia Bowerbank 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:18:07
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:18:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available