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Heliospongiidae

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae

Taxonomy
Heliospongiidae was named by Finks (1960). Its type is Heliospongia.

It was assigned to Epipolasida by Rigby et al. (1998); and to Protomonaxonida by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Heliospongiidae Finks p. 40
1998Heliospongiidae Rigby et al. p. 82
2004Heliospongiidae Finks et al. p. 30

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

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.

Fm. †Heliospongiidae Finks 1960
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G. †Coelocladia Girty 1908
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Coelocladia spinosa Girty 1908
G. †Coelocladiella Finks 1960
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Coelocladiella lissa Finks 1960
G. †Heliospongia Girty 1908
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Heliospongia excavata King 1933
Heliospongia finksi Termier and Termier 1977
Heliospongia ramosa Girty 1908
Heliospongia vokesi King 1943
G. †Neoheliospongia Deng 1981
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G. †Spitsbergenia Hurcewicz 1982
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Spitsbergenia patella Hurcewicz 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available