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Fissispongia jacksboroensis

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Fissispongiidae

Taxonomy
Fissispongia jacksboroensis was named by King (1938). It is not extant. It is the type species of Fissispongia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. tortacloaca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Fissispongia jacksboroensis King

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyFissispongiidaeFinks and Rigby 2004
genusFissispongiaKing 1938
speciesjacksboroensisKing 1938

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: 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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Fissispongia jacksboroensis (111697)