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Estrellospongiinae

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae

Taxonomy
Estrellospongiinae was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996). It is not extant. Its type is Estrellospongia.

It was assigned to Stellispongiellidae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Subtaxa
Estrellospongia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Estrellospongiinae Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan
2015Estrellospongiinae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 394

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyStellispongiellidae
subfamilyEstrellospongiinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
subfamilyEstrellospongiinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996

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.

Subfm. †Estrellospongiinae Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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G. †Estrellospongia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Estrellospongia grossa Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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 Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Estrellospongia grossa (41859 41864 41975)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Estrellospongia grossa (41851 41878 42004 42011 42022 42044 42076)