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Stachyspongia tuberculosa

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae

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

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Siphonocoelia tuberculosa Roemer
1878Stachyspongia tuberculosa 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
speciestuberculosa(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.

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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 Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Stachyspongia tuberculosa (110612)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Stachyspongia tuberculosa (110615)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland Stachyspongia tuberculosa (110344)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Stachyspongia tuberculosa (112629)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Stachyspongia tuberculosa (31993)