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Stachyspongia spica

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae

Taxonomy
Siphonocoelia spica was named by Roemer (1864). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Stachyspongia spica by Zittel (1878).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Siphonocoelia spica Roemer
1878Stachyspongia spica Zittel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAzoricoideaSollas 1888
familyAzoricidaeSollas 1888
subfamilyAulosominaeSchrammen 1924
genusStachyspongiaZittel 1878
speciesspica(Roemer 1864)

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.

Stachyspongia spica Roemer 1864
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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 Aptian to the top of the Turonian or 121.40000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Spain (Catalonia) Stachyspongia spica (111533)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Stachyspongia spica (110533)