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Cellicyathus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae

Taxonomy
Cellicyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archaeocyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dictyocyathidae by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cellicyathus Sepkoski
2015Cellicyathus Debrenne et al. p. 1046

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyDictyocyathoideaTaylor 1910
familyDictyocyathidaeTaylor 1910
genusCellicyathus

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
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-05-09 19:07:07
Modified: 2009-10-06 09:36:25
Source: p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available