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Colospongia americana

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Steinmannia americana was named by Girty (1908).

It was recombined as Colospongia americana by Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Steinmannia americana Girty p. 92 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,4a
1909Steinmannia americana Girty p. 92 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,4a
1996Colospongia americana Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan p. 32 fig. 6.8

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

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 americana Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
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