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Glomocystospongiidae

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Glomocystospongiidae

Taxonomy
Glomocystospongiidae was named by Rigby et al. (1989). Its type is Glomocystospongia.

It was assigned to Aporata by Rigby et al. (1994); and to Agelasida by Finks et al. (2004), Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Glomocystospongiidae Rigby et al. p. 436
1994Glomocystospongiidae Rigby et al. p. 92
2004Glomocystospongiidae Finks et al.
2015Glomocystospongiidae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyGlomocystospongiidae
familyGlomocystospongiidae

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. †Glomocystospongiidae Rigby et al. 1989
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G. †Glomocystospongia Rigby et al. 1989
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Glomocystospongia gracilis Rigby et al. 1989
G. †Huayingia Rigby et al. 1994
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Huayingia glomerata Rigby et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Glomocystospongia gracilis (42037)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Glomocystospongia gracilis (47458) Huayingia glomerata (47457)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) Glomocystospongia gracilis (47434 47452 47453)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Glomocystospongia gracilis (47459 116663 116667 116682 116685) Huayingia glomerata (116675 116676 116677 116678 116679)