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Polytholosia gemina

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae

Taxonomy
Steinmannia gemina was named by Waagen and Wentzel (1888).

It was recombined as Polytholosia gemina by Termier and Termier (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Steinmannia gemina Waagen and Wentzel p. 982 figs. Pl 124, fig 3
1913Steinmannia gemina Mansuy p. 106 figs. Pl 11, fig 10
1977Polytholosia gemina Termier and Termier p. 44 figs. Pl 10, fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyVerticillitidaeSteinmann 1882
subfamilyPolytholosiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusPolytholosia
speciesgemina()

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.

Polytholosia gemina Waagen and Wentzel 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:27:30
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:27:30
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Steinmannia gemina (233582)