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Leiospongia alpina

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae

Taxonomy
Ceriopora alpina was named by Klipstein (1845). Its type specimen is BMNH S10462 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leiospongia alpina by Engeser and Taylor (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Ceriopora alpina Klipstein p. 286 figs. Pl 19, fig 17
1989Leiospongia alpina Engeser and Taylor p. 42 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPharetrospongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyLeiofungiinae
genusLeiospongiad'Orbigny 1849
speciesalpina(Klipstein 1845)

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.

Leiospongia alpina Klipstein 1845
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Diagnosis
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