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Silicea (disused)

Taxonomy
Silicea is a phylum. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Silicispongea by Zrzavy et al. (1998).

It was assigned to Metazoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011) and Nielsen (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Silicea Edgecombe et al. p. 153
2012Silicea Nielsen p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumSilicea
RankNameAuthor
phylumSilicea

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available