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Astrospongia costata

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Achilleum costatum was named by Münster (1829) [in Goldfuss]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Blastinia costata by Zittel (1878); it was recombined as Astrospongia costata by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Achilleum costatum Münster
1878Blastinia costata Zittel
2004Astrospongia costata Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
orderStellispongiida
RankNameAuthor
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyHolcospongiinae
genusAstrospongiaEtallon 1859
speciescostata(Münster 1829)

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.

Astrospongia costata Münster 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available