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Dysideidae

Demospongiae - Dictyoceratida - Dysideidae

Taxonomy
Dysideidae was named by Gray (1867). It is extant. Its type is Dysidea.

It was assigned to Dictyoceratida by Finks et al. (2004) and Worheide et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Dysideidae Gray
2004Dysideidae Finks et al.
2012Dysideidae Worheide et al. p. 23 figs. Fig. 1.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassKeratosa
RankNameAuthor
orderDictyoceratida
familyDysideidaeGray 1867
familyDysideidaeGray 1867

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.

Fm. Dysideidae Gray 1867
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G. †Miritubus Botting 2005
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Miritubus erinaceus Botting 2005
G. †Ordinisabulo Botting 2005
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G. †Spongeliomorpha de Saporta 1887
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Spongeliomorpha carlsbergi Bromley and Asgaard 1979
Spongeliomorpha iberica de Saporta 1887
G. †Vadosifistula Botting 2005
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Vadosifistula milvus Botting 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:16:41
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:16:41
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Holocene or 468.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 458.4 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4United Kingdom (Wales) Ordinisabulo quadragintaforma, Miritubus erinaceus, Vadosifistula milvus (119434)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) Spongeliomorpha carlsbergi (199768)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Spongeliomorpha sp. (84260)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Spongeliomorpha suevica (154138)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0China (Gansu) Spongeliomorpha carlsbergi (224356)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Spongeliomorpha annulatum (82856)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Spongeliomorpha sp. (76988)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Spongeliomorpha oraviense (142111) Spongeliomorpha oraviense, Spongeliomorpha sicula (141924)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Spongeliomorpha sp. (67929)