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Catenispongia agaricus

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Catenispongiidae

Taxonomy
Catenispongia agaricus was named by Finks (1995). Its type specimen is USNM 128060 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM728, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Catenispongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Catenispongia agaricus Finks p. 1 figs. 1, 2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyCatenispongiidae
genusCatenispongia
speciesagaricus

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.

Catenispongia agaricus Finks 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available