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Cassianochaetetes orbignyanus

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Astroscleridae

Taxonomy
Catenipora orbignyana was named by Klipstein (1845). It is the type species of Cassianochaetetes.

It was recombined as Leiofungia orbignyana by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Cassianochaetetes orbignyanus by Engeser and Taylor (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Catenipora orbignyana Klipstein p. 288 figs. Pl 19, fig 20
1865Leiofungia orbignyana Laube p. 23 figs. Pl 2, fig 15
1989Cassianochaetetes orbignyanus Engeser and Taylor p. 46 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAstroscleridae
genusCassianochaetetes
speciesorbignyanus(Klipstein 1845)

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.

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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
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available