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Cystothalamia nodulifera

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Taxonomy
Cystothalamia nodulifera was named by Girty (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 118146 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cystothalamia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Cystothalamia nodulifera Girty
1909Cystothalamia nodulifera Girty p. 89 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-3; pl 31, fig 20
1986Cystothalamia nodulifera Aleotti et al. p. 224 figs. Pl 3, figs 6a-c
2010Cystothalamia nodulifera Finks p. 842 figs. 4.8-4.19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyGuadalupiidae
genusCystothalamia
speciesnodulifera

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Diagnosis
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