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Cystothalamiella ducta

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae

Taxonomy
Cystothalamiella ducta was named by Rigby and Potter (1986). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 395880. It is the type species of Cystothalamiella.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Cystothalamiella ducta Rigby and Potter pp. 32-34 figs. 10.12-10.14
1988Cystothalamiella ducta Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAphrosalpingidaeMyagkova 1955
subfamilyFistulospongininaeTermier and Termier 1977
genusCystothalamiella
speciesductaRigby and Potter 1986

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.

Cystothalamiella ducta Rigby and Potter 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2008-03-03 02:54:52
Modified: 2008-03-03 04:55:44
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Ordovician to the top of the Ashgill or 458.20000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilian - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Cystothalamiella ducta (99662)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Cystothalamiella ducta (99573)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Cystothalamiella ducta (99658)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (California) Cystothalamiella ducta (69241 99696 99697 99698 99805)