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Vaceletia crypta

Demospongiae - Dictyoceratida - Vaceletiidae

Taxonomy
Neocoelia crypta was named by Vacelet (1977). It is extant. It is the type species of Neocoelia, Neocoelia.

It was recombined as Vaceletia crypta by West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Neocoelia crypta Vacelet p. 509
2015Vaceletia crypta West et al. p. 276

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassKeratosa
RankNameAuthor
orderDictyoceratida
familyVaceletiidaeReitner and Engeser 1985
genusVaceletia()
speciescrypta(Vacelet 1977)

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.

Vaceletia crypta Vacelet 1977
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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 18:16:41
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:16:41
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available