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Petrosina (disused)

Demospongiae

Taxonomy
Petrosina is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Demospongiae by Worheide et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Petrosina Worheide et al. p. 23 figs. Fig. 1.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
Petrosina
Petrosina

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available