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Saginospongia crateria

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae

Taxonomy
Saginospongia crateria was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 480372 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Saginospongia crateria Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 70 figs. 35.9-35.11, 49.1, 52.12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPreperonidellidae
subfamilyPermocorynellinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
genusSaginospongia
speciescrateria

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.

†Saginospongia crateria Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available