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Homophymia

Demospongiae

Taxonomy
Homophymia was named by Vacelet and Vasseur (1971). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Kelly and Buckeridge (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data
H. stipitata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Homophymia Vacelet and Vasseur
2005Homophymia Kelly and Buckeridge

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
genusHomophymiaVacelet and Vasseur 1971

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. Homophymia Vacelet and Vasseur 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Teurian to the top of the Waipawan or 66.00000 to 52.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Teurian - Waipawan66.0 - 52.0New Zealand H. stipitata (110069)