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Spirastrellidae

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Spirastrellidae

Taxonomy
Spirastrellidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Spirastrella.

It was assigned to Clavulina by Finks et al. (2004); to Demospongiae by Worheide et al. (2012); and to Hadromerida by West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Spirastrellidae Finks et al. p. 43
2012Spirastrellidae Worheide et al. p. 31 figs. Fig. 1.4
2015Spirastrellidae West et al. p. 225

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familySpirastrellidae
familySpirastrellidae

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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G. †Calcispirastrella Reitner 1992
G. †Ditriaenella Hiinde and Holmes 1892
G. Spirastrella Schmidt 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 05:25:08
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:24
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available