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Platispongia

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida

Taxonomy
Platispongia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Platispongia Sepkoski
2004Platispongia Finks et al. p. 316

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
genusPlatispongia

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