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Petrosia

Demospongiae - Haplosclerida - Petrosiidae

Taxonomy
Petrosia was named by Vosmaer (1887). It is extant. It is the type genus of Petrosiidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Petrosia Vosmaer p. 338
2004Petrosia Finks et al. p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHaplosclerida
familyPetrosiidaevan Soest 1980
genusPetrosiaVosmaer 1887

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. Petrosia Vosmaer 1887
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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
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:19:05
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:19:05
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available