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Colospongia cortexifera

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Colospongia cortexifera was named by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 427290,427291 and is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 183 figs. Pl 27, figs 1-13
1994Colospongia cortexifera Rigby et al. p. 68 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-4,6-8; pl 11, fig 1; pl 12, fig 5
1996Colospongia cortexifera Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan p. 31 figs. 6.4, 6.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyColospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusColospongia
speciescortexifera

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.

Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
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Diagnosis
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