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Hymedesmia

Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida - Hymedesmiidae

Discussion

Genus is extant according to WoRMS but the Triassic occurrence of Hymedesmia mosteri Reitner (1992, p. 235) is suspect given genus is not listed as having a fossil record in WoRMS nor in the revised 2003-2015 Treatise volumes.

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Taxonomy
Hymedesmia was named by Bowerbank (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1118]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Hymedesmiidae.

It was assigned to Poecilosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hymedesmiidae by Finks et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Hymedesmia Bowerbank
2002Hymedesmia Sepkoski
2003Hymedesmia Finks et al. p. 246

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderPoeciloscleridaTopsent 1928
familyHymedesmiidaeTopsent 1928
genusHymedesmiaBowerbank 1864

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.

G. Hymedesmia Bowerbank 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-19 02:42:15
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:21:11
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available