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Capsospongia

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Capsospongia was named by Rigby (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 766].

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); to Anthaspidellidae by Rigby and Collins (2004); and to Demospongia by Briggs et al. (1994) and Bambach et al. (2007).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Corralia Walcott
1986Capsospongia Rigby
1994Capsospongia Briggs et al.
2002Capsospongia Sepkoski
2002Corralio Sepkoski
2004Capsospongia Rigby and Collins
2007Capsospongia Bambach et al. p. S80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusCapsospongiaRigby 1986

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.

G. †Capsospongia Rigby 1986
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Capsospongia undulata Walcott 1920
Invalid names: Corralia Walcott 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available