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Reniera

Demospongiae - Haplosclerida - Haliclonidae

Taxonomy
Reniera was named by Schmidt (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Demospongia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Haliclonidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by B. Allen on 2026-03-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Reniera Schmidt
2002Reniera Sepkoski
2004Reniera Finks et al. p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHaplosclerida
familyHaliclonidaede Laubenfels 1932
genusRenieraSchmidt 1862

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. Reniera Schmidt 1862
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Reniera carteri Hinde 1883
Reniera munda Hurcewicz 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:19:05
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:19:05
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Carboniferous to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 358.86000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9United Kingdom (Scotland) R. carteri (278371)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland R. munda (110437)