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Fissispongiidae

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Fissispongiidae

Taxonomy
Fissispongiidae was named by Finks and Rigby (2004).

It was assigned to Agelasida by Finks et al. (2004), Rigby et al. (2009), Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Fissispongiidae Finks et al. p. 642
2004Fissispongiidae Finks and Rigby p. 642
2009Fissispongiidae Rigby et al.
2015Fissispongiidae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 394

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyFissispongiidaeFinks and Rigby 2004
familyFissispongiidaeFinks and Rigby 2004

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.

Fm. †Fissispongiidae Finks and Rigby 2004
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G. †Fissispongia King 1938
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G. †Hormospongia Rigby and Blodgett 1983
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Hormospongia acara Rigby and Blodgett 1983
Hormospongia diarteria Rigby and Blodgett 1983
Hormospongia labyrinthica Rigby and Blodgett 1983
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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Virgilian or 399.50000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47USA (Alaska) Hormospongia labyrinthica (3948)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) Hormospongia acara (112136)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Alaska) Hormospongia labyrinthica (64065) Hormospongia labyrinthica, Hormospongia diarteria (60043) Hormospongia labyrinthica, Hormospongia diarteria, Hormospongia acara (64061)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Fissispongia jacksboroensis (111697)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Fissispongia tortacloaca (92059)