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Discispongia

Demospongiae - Ancorinida - Ancorinidae

Taxonomy
Discispongia was named by Kolb (1910) [Sepkoski's age data: J u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Discispongia Kolb
2002Discispongia Sepkoski
2004Discispongia Finks et al. p. 186

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassChoristida(Sollas 1888)
RankNameAuthor
orderAncorinidaReid 1968
familyAncorinidaeSchmidt 1870
subfamilyAncorininaeSchmidt 1870
genusDiscispongiaKolb 1910

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. †Discispongia Kolb 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available