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Stromatospongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Astroscleridae

Taxonomy
Stromatospongia is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astroscleridae by West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Stromatospongia Sepkoski
2015Stromatospongia West et al. p. 249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyAstroscleridae
genusStromatospongia

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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available