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Ophiodesia

Demospongiae - Cephaloraphiditidae

Taxonomy
Ophiodesia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ophiodesia Sepkoski
2004Ophiodesia Finks et al. p. 197

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassChoristida(Sollas 1888)
familyCephaloraphiditidaeReid 1968
genusOphiodesia

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