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Zittellospongia

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae

Taxonomy
Zittellospongia was named by Malfatti (1901). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Staurodermatidae by Reid (2004).

Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-12-24

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Zittellospongia Malfatti p. 288
2002Zittelospongia Sepkoski
2004Zittellospongia Reid p. 500

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
familyStaurodermatidaeZittel 1877
genusZittellospongiaMalfatti 1901

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. †Zittellospongia Malfatti 1901
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Invalid names: Zittelospongia [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 18:50:16
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:50:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available