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Pachytheca sphaerica

Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae

Taxonomy
Pachytheca sphaerica was named by Hooker (1861). It is not extant. It is the type species of Pachytheca.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Pachytheca sphaerica Hooker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderChaetetidaOkulitch 1936
RankNameAuthor
familyChaetetidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
subfamilyChaetetinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
genusPachythecaSchlüter 1885
speciessphaericaHooker 1861

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.

Pachytheca sphaerica Hooker 1861
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Diagnosis
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