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Colospongia benjamini

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Girtyocoelia benjamini was named by Girty (1909).

It was recombined as Girtycoelia benjamini by Petty (1975); it was recombined as Colospongia benjamini by Senowbari-Daryan and di Stefano (1988), Belyaeva (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Girtyocoelia benjamini Girty
1932Girtyocoelia benjamini King
1975Girtycoelia benjamini Petty
1988Colospongia benjamini Senowbari-Daryan and di Stefano p. 10 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1991Colospongia benjamini Belyaeva p. 79 figs. Pl 14, figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyColospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusColospongia
speciesbenjamini(Girty 1909)

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.

Colospongia benjamini Girty 1909
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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 Missourian to the top of the Changhsingian or 306.00000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Austria Colospongia benjamini (112145)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Girtycoelia benjamini (159900)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Italy Colospongia benjamini (75509)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) Colospongia benjamini (10698)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation Colospongia benjamini (102510 102514 102515 102522)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation Colospongia benjamini (102511 102513)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Colospongia benjamini (82897)