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Ropalospongia

Demospongiae - Axinellida - Agelasidae

Taxonomy
Ropalospongia was named by Mostler (1994).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Ropalospongia Mostler p. 344
2004Ropalospongia Finks et al. p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassTetractinomorphaLévi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderAxinellidaBergquist 1967
familyAgelasidaeVerrill 1907
genusRopalospongiaMostler 1994

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.

G. †Ropalospongia Mostler 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 04:30:05
Modified: 2007-09-07 06:30:05
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Finks et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available