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Verongiidae

Demospongiae - Verongida - Verongiidae

Taxonomy
Verongiidae was named by de Laubenfels (1936). It is not extant. Its type is Verongia.

It was assigned to Verongida by Finks et al. (2004).

Subtaxa
Aplysinofibria, Verongia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Verongiidae de Laubenfels
2004Verongiidae Finks et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassCeractinomorphaLevi 1953
RankNameAuthor
orderVerongida(Bergquist 1978)
familyVerongiidaede Laubenfels 1936
familyVerongiidaede Laubenfels 1936

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.

Fm. †Verongiidae de Laubenfels 1936
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G. †Aplysinofibria Bolkhovitinova 1923
G. Verongia Bowerbank 1845
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:18:07
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:18:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available