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Colospongia arakeljani

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Colospongia arakeljani was named by Zhuravleva (1991). Its type specimen is TsSGM 456/1, specimen 1, slide 3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Danzik, Arpa River, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Arpa Formation of Azerbaijan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Colospongia arakeljani Zhuravleva p. 111 figs. Pl 26, figs 2,3

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

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Colospongia arakeljani Zhuravleva 1991
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Diagnosis
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