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Monolaminospongia gigantia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy
Monolaminospongia gigantia 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 Monolaminospongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Monolaminospongia gigantia Rigby et al.

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

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.

†Monolaminospongia gigantia 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Ludlow or 432.90000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Alaska) Monolaminospongia gigantia (type locality: 79355)