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Desmidoporidae

Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Desmidoporidae

Taxonomy
Desmidoporidae was named by Preobrazhenskiy (1968).

It was assigned to Chaetetida by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Desmidoporidae Preobrazhenskiy
1981Desmidoporidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderChaetetidaOkulitch 1936
familyDesmidoporidaePreobrazhenskiy 1968
familyDesmidoporidaePreobrazhenskiy 1968

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. †Desmidoporidae Preobrazhenskiy 1968
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G. †Desmidopora Nicholson 1886
G. †Nodulipora Lindström 1873
G. †Schizolites Preobrazhenskiy 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: gregariouso
Clonal: yeso
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-02-19 06:45:11
Modified: 2009-05-09 19:56:53
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Lochkovian or 427.40000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine Desmidopora alveolaris (23463)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Vietnam Desmidopora sp. (83324)