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Plakinidae

Demospongiae - Plakinida - Plakinidae

Taxonomy
Plakinidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Plakina.

It was assigned to Plakinida by Finks et al. (2004); and to Homoscleromorpha by Worheide et al. (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Plakinidae Finks et al. p. 177
2012Plakinidae Worheide et al. p. 40 figs. Fig. 1.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassChoristida(Sollas 1888)
RankNameAuthor
orderPlakinidaReid 1968
familyPlakinidae
familyPlakinidae

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. Acanthoplakina Burton 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available