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Hormospongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Fissispongiidae

Taxonomy
Hormospongia was named by Rigby and Blodgett (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife-l Sepkoski's reference number: 226]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Verticillitidae by Rigby and Blodgett (1983); to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); to Fissispongiidae by Finks et al. (2004), Rigby et al. (2009); and to Solenolmiinae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hormospongia Rigby and Blodgett p. 775
2002Hormospongia Sepkoski
2004Hormospongia Finks et al. p. 642
2009Hormospongia Rigby et al.
2015Hormospongia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 389

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyFissispongiidaeFinks and Rigby 2004
genusHormospongia

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. †Hormospongia Rigby and Blodgett 1983
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Hormospongia acara Rigby and Blodgett 1983
Hormospongia diarteria Rigby and Blodgett 1983
Hormospongia labyrinthica Rigby and Blodgett 1983
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 399.50000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47USA (Alaska) H. labyrinthica (3948)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) H. acara (112136)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Alaska) H. labyrinthica (64065) H. labyrinthica, H. diarteria (60043) H. labyrinthica, H. diarteria, H. acara (64061)