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Polysiphoneudea

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida

Taxonomy
Polysiphoneudea was named by de Fromentel (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: K u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Spirosclerophorida by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Polysiphoneudea de Fromentel p. 30
1995Polysiphonia Finks p. 4
2002Polysiponeudea Sepkoski
2004Polysiphoneudea Finks et al. p. 317

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
genusPolysiphoneudeade Fromentel 1860

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.

G. †Polysiphoneudea de Fromentel 1860
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Invalid names: Polysiphonia Finks 1995 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Polysiphonia flabellatum (43517)