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Eudea gracilis

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Cnemidium gracile was named by Munster (1834). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Myrmecium gracile by Münster (1841); it was recombined as Eudea gracilis by Laube (1865).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Myrmecium gracile Münster p. 31 figs. Pl 1, fig 26
1865Eudea gracilis Laube p. 12 figs. Pl 1, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
orderStellispongiida
RankNameAuthor
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyHolcospongiinae
genusEudeaLamouroux 1821
speciesgracilis(Munster 1834)

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.

Eudea gracilis Munster 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:57:37
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:57:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Myrmecium gracile (type locality: 137429)