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Forcepia

Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida - Tedaniidae

Taxonomy
Forcepia is a genus. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Forcepia Sepkoski
2004Forcepia Finks et al. p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderPoeciloscleridaTopsent 1928
familyTedaniidaeRidley and Dendy 1886
genusForcepia

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