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Actinospongia

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Actinospongia was named by d'Orbigny (1849). It is not extant.

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

Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-12-31

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Actinospongia d'Orbigny p. 548
2002Actinofungia Sepkoski
2004Actinospongia Finks et al. p. 745

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
RankNameAuthor
orderStellispongiida
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyHolcospongiinae
genusActinospongiad'Orbigny 1849

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. †Actinospongia d'Orbigny 1849
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Invalid names: Actinofungia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:57:37
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:57:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Hauterivian or 237.00000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Actinofungia astroites (34691 69662) Tragos astroites (137429)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Actinofungia arzierensis (2224) Actinofungia sp. (2247)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Actinofungia raresulcata (2256)