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Nipterella paradoxica

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae

Taxonomy
Calathium paradoxicum was named by Billings (1865) [Calathium? paradoxicum]. It is the type species of Nipterella.

It was recombined as Nipterella paradoxica by Hinde (1889).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Calathium paradoxicum Billings p. 358 fig. 345
1889Nipterella paradoxica Hinde p. 144 figs. pl. 5, fig. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
familyHaplistiidaede Laubenfels 1955
genusNipterella
speciesparadoxica()

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.

Nipterella paradoxica Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available