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Medfraspongia

Demospongiae

Taxonomy
Medfraspongia was named by Rigby et al. (2009). It is not extant. Its type is Medfraspongia tubulara.

It was assigned to Ceractinomorpha by Rigby et al. (2009).

Species
M. tubulara (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Medfraspongia Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassCeractinomorphaLevi 1953
genusMedfraspongia

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.

G. †Medfraspongia Rigby et al. 2009
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Medfraspongia tubulara Rigby et al. 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 17:57:41
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:11
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Emsian or 409.10000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5USA (Alaska) M. tubulara (49107)