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Tedaniidae

Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida - Tedaniidae

Taxonomy
Tedaniidae was named by Ridley and Dendy (1886). It is extant. Its type is Tedania.

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

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Tedaniidae Ridley and Dendy
2004Tedaniidae Finks et al. p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderPoeciloscleridaTopsent 1928
familyTedaniidaeRidley and Dendy 1886
familyTedaniidaeRidley and Dendy 1886

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. Tedaniidae Ridley and Dendy 1886
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G. Acarnus Gray 1867
G. Tedania Gray 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-19 02:42:15
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:21:11
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available