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Benacia

Demospongiae - Monalithistida

Taxonomy
Benacia was named by Krautter (1996). Its type is Benacia princeps.

It was assigned to Demospongea by Krautter (1996); and to Sphaerocladina by Finks et al. (2004).

Species
B. princeps (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Benacia Krautter p. 308
2004Benacia Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderMonalithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1955
suborderSphaerocladinaSchrammen 1924
genusBenacia

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. †Benacia Krautter 1996
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Benacia princeps Krautter 1996
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Toarcian or 190.80000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Italy B. princeps (38031)