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Dysidea

Demospongiae - Dictyoceratida - Dysideidae

Taxonomy
Dysidea is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Dysideidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Dysidea Sepkoski
2004Dysidea Finks et al. p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassKeratosa
RankNameAuthor
orderDictyoceratida
familyDysideidaeGray 1867
genusDysidea

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