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Celyphia minima

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae

Taxonomy
Celyphia minima was named by Senowbari-Daryan et al. (1993). It is not extant. Its type locality is Olang, northern Dolomites, Italy, which is in a Pelsonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Recoaro - Upper Serla Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Celyphia minima Senowbari-Daryan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
RankNameAuthor
familyCelyphiidaeLaubenfels 1955
genusCelyphiaPomel 1872
speciesminima

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.

Celyphia minima Senowbari-Daryan et al. 1993
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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
Created: 2007-09-07 05:25:08
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:24
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Carnian or 244.24000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy Celyphia minima (49916 49932)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Italy Celyphia minima (49938)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Italy Celyphia minima (type locality: 23570)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Japan Celyphia minima (165296 173349)