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Operculospongia (disused)

Demospongiae - Operculospongia

Taxonomy
Operculospongia was named by Flügel (1975). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Demospongea by Senowbari-Daryan et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Operculospongia Flügel
2007Operculospongia Senowbari-Daryan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderOperculospongiaFlügel 1975
orderOperculospongiaFlügel 1975

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.

Or. †Operculospongia Flügel 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-01-08 03:03:21
Modified: 2008-01-08 05:03:21
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2007, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available