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Carpospongia castanea

Demospongiae - Astylospongiidae

Taxonomy
Astylospongia castanea was named by Roemer (1861). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Carpospongia castanea by Rauff (1894).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Astylospongia castanea Roemer
1894Carpospongia castanea Rauff

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAstylospongiidaeZittel 1877
genusCarpospongiaRauff 1894
speciescastanea(Roemer 1861)

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.

Carpospongia castanea Roemer 1861
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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: Sheinwoodian or 433.40000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Carpospongia castanea (121299 121303 121380 121384 121386)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian433.4 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Carpospongia castanea (90318)