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Discodermia polytylostoma

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Theonellidae

Taxonomy
Discodermia polytylostoma was named by Brimaud and Vachard (1986). It is not extant. Its type locality is Pliego, which is in a Tortonian marine horizon in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Discodermia polytylostoma Brimaud and Vachard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
RankNameAuthor
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familyTheonellidaeLendenfeld 1904
subfamilyTheonellinaevon Lendenfeld 1904
genusDiscodermiadu Bocage 1869
speciespolytylostoma

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Discodermia polytylostoma Brimaud and Vachard 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available