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Ulospongiellidae
Taxonomy
Ulospongiellidae was named by Rigby and Collins (2004). It is not extant. Its type is Ulospongiella.
It was assigned to Protomonaxonida by Finks et al. (2004); and to Heteroscleromorpha by Kolesnikov et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Protomonaxonida by Finks et al. (2004); and to Heteroscleromorpha by Kolesnikov et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Ulospongiellidae Finks et al. |
| 2004 | Ulospongiellidae Rigby and Collins |
| 2024 | Ulospongiellidae Kolesnikov et al. p. 5 |
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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.
Fm. †Ulospongiellidae Rigby and Collins 2004
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G. †Neomenispongia Kolesnikov et al. 2024
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†Neomenispongia diazoma Kolesnikov et al. 2024
†Neomenispongia plexa Kolesnikov et al. 2024
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. A. Kolesnikov et al. 2024 | Sponges with skeletons made largely of strongly curved to sigmoidal or gently serpentine oxeas and/or strongyles arranged in irregular felt or in upwardly echinate tracts, sometimes with sparse, relatively enlarged sub-longitudinal oxeas. Sigmoidal spicules may be either mega-sclere sized, or much smaller than associated oxeas and are classified functionally as microscleres. (After Rigby & Collins 2004.) |
Measurements
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004 | |||||