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Acanthastrella

Demospongiae - Plakinida - Acanthastrellidae

Taxonomy
Acanthastrella is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Acanthastrellidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Acanthastrella Sepkoski
2004Acanthastrella Finks et al. p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassChoristida(Sollas 1888)
RankNameAuthor
orderPlakinidaReid 1968
familyAcanthastrellidaeSchrammen 1924
genusAcanthastrella

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