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Perissocoelia spinosa

Demospongiae - Streptosolenidae

Taxonomy
Perissocoelia spinosa was named by Rigby and Chatterton (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is Cornwallis Island, Abbott River, CAR1, 44.5m, which is in a Ludlow slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Perissocoelia spinosa Rigby and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyStreptosolenidae
genusPerissocoelia
speciesspinosa

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.

Perissocoelia spinosa Rigby and Chatterton 1989
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ludlow or 426.70000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Nunavut) Perissocoelia spinosa (type locality: 119785)