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Moskovia

Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae

Taxonomy
Moskovia was named by Sokolov (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: C u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Moskoviinae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Moskovia Sokolov
1981Moskovia Hill
2002Moskovia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderChaetetidaOkulitch 1936
RankNameAuthor
familyChaetetidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
subfamilyMoskoviinaeSokolov 1955
genusMoskoviaSokolov 1950

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. †Moskovia Sokolov 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: gregariouso
Clonal: yeso
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-02-19 06:45:11
Modified: 2009-05-09 19:56:53
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available