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Heliospongia houchangensis

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae

Taxonomy
Heliospongia houchangensis was named by Deng (1982). Its type specimen is NIGP 67153 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3GP1-68F10, Houchang, Ziyun County, which is in a Guadalupian marine limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-09-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Heliospongia houchangensis Deng p. 712 figs. Pl 1, fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familyHeliospongiidaeFinks 1960
genusHeliospongiaGirty 1908
specieshouchangensis

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Diagnosis
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