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Alaskaspongiella laminosa

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy
Alaskaspongiella laminosa was named by Rigby et al. (2008). Its type locality is Prince of Wales Island, Ludlovia association, which is in a Wenlock/Ludlow platform/shelf-margin reef reef rocks in the Heceta Formation of Alaska. It is the type species of Alaskaspongiella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Alaskaspongiella laminosa Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAuriculospongiidae
subfamilyAuriculospongiinaeTermier and Termier 1977
genusAlaskaspongiella
specieslaminosa

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.

†Alaskaspongiella laminosa Rigby et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Ludlow or 433.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) Alaskaspongiella laminosa (type locality: 79355)