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Chondrocladia

Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida - Cladorhizidae

Taxonomy
Chondrocladia is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Poecilosclerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cladorhizidae by Finks et al. (2004) and Vacelet et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Chondrocladia Sepkoski
2004Chondrocladia Finks et al. p. 50
2009Chondrocladia Vacelet et al. p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderPoeciloscleridaTopsent 1928
familyCladorhizidaede Laubenfels 1936
genusChondrocladia

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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Subg. Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) Vacelet et al. 2009
Subg. Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) Ridley and Dendy 1887
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Vacelet et al. 2009Cladorhizidae with a slender stalk and spherical body with filamentous processes that may be inflated and turgid in life. The base of attachment may be root-like or solid. Axial skeleton composed of monactinal megascleres (mycalostyles), from which radiating extra-axial tracts diverge to lateral processes. Microscleres include unguiferous anchorate isochelae (modified from Hajdu & Vacelet 2002).