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Chaetetes milleporaceus

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae

Taxonomy
Chaetetes milleporaceus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Chaetetes milleporaceus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1945Chaetetes favosus Moore and Jeffords

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
RankNameAuthor
familySuberitidae
genusChaetetesFischer von Waldheim 1829
speciesmilleporaceusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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.

Chaetetes milleporaceus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Invalid names: Chaetetes favosus Moore and Jeffords 1945 [synonym]
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
Created: 2007-09-07 05:25:08
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:24
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pennsylvanian to the top of the Desmoinesian or 323.40000 to 306.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Nevada) Chaetetes favosus (12784 12785)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Nevada) Chaetetes milleporaceus (229425)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Chaetetes favosus (91530)