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Guangxispongia siciliana

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Cryptocoelia siciliana was named by Senowbari-Daryan (1990). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Guangxispongia siciliana by Wu and Fan (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cryptocoelia siciliana Senowbari-Daryan
2004Guangxispongia siciliana Wu and Fan pp. 603, 605

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusGuangxispongia
speciessiciliana()

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.

Guangxispongia siciliana Senowbari-Daryan 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:27:30
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:27:30
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sevatian to the top of the Norian or 212.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Italy (Sicily) Cryptocoelia siciliana (38319) Cryptocoelia sp. (38318)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman Cryptocoelia siciliana (24306)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy (Sicily) Cryptocoelia sp. (38061)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy Cryptocoelia siciliana (170144)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Italy (Sicily) Cryptocoelia siciliana (36454)