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Hyalospongia

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae

Taxonomy
Hyalospongia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hyalospongia Sepkoski
2004Hyalospongia Finks et al. p. 297

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
superfamilyPlatychoniodeaSchrammen 1924
familyDiscostromatidaeSchrammen 1924
subfamilyDiscostromatinaeSchrammen 1924
genusHyalospongia

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