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Eospongia

Demospongiae - Streptosolenidae

Taxonomy
Eospongia was named by Billings (1861). Its type is Eospongia roemeri.

It was assigned to Streptosolenidae by Rigby and Desrochers (1995); and to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
E. roemeri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Eospongia Billings
1995Eospongia Rigby and Desrochers
2002Eospongia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyStreptosolenidae
genusEospongiaBillings 1861

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. †Eospongia Billings 1861
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Eospongia roemeri Billings 1861
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available