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Sphinctozoa (disused)
Taxonomy
Sphinctozoa was named by Steinmann (1882).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Sphinctozoa by Zrzavy et al. (1998), Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
It was assigned to Calcarea by Rigby and Potter (1986), Rigby et al. (1988); to Calcispongea by Zrzavy et al. (1998); and to Porifera by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Sphinctozoa by Zrzavy et al. (1998), Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
It was assigned to Calcarea by Rigby and Potter (1986), Rigby et al. (1988); to Calcispongea by Zrzavy et al. (1998); and to Porifera by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1882 | Sphinctozoa Steinmann |
| 1986 | Sphinctozoa Rigby and Potter |
| 1988 | Sphinctozoa Rigby et al. |
| 1998 | Sphinctozoa Zrzavy et al. |
| 2015 | Sphinctozoa Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 67 |
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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.
Unr. †Sphinctozoa Steinmann 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available