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Hormospongia acara

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Fissispongiidae

Taxonomy
Hormospongia acara was named by Rigby and Blodgett (1983). Its type specimen is UA 2464, an other, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 10061-SD (=79RB8). ~3 m thick silicified hoirizon, 104.5-101.5 m below top, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Cheeneetnuk Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hormospongia acara Rigby and Blodgett pp. 782 - 783 figs. 4A-F, R

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyFissispongiidaeFinks and Rigby 2004
genusHormospongia
speciesacara

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.

†Hormospongia acara Rigby and Blodgett 1983
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) Hormospongia acara (112136)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Alaska) Hormospongia acara (type locality: 64061)