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Rhopalocoelia

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Rhopalocoelia was named by Raymond and Okulitch (1940). Its type is Rhopalocoelia clarkii.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Anthaspidellidae by Rigby and Desrochers (1995), Liu et al. (2003) and Finks et al. (2004).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Rhopalocoelia Raymond and Okulitch
1995Rhopalocoelia Rigby and Desrochers
2002Rhopalocoelia Sepkoski
2003Rhopalocoelia Liu et al. p. 436
2004Rhopalocoelia Finks et al. p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusRhopalocoeliaRaymond and Okulitch 1940

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. †Rhopalocoelia Raymond and Okulitch 1940
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Rhopalocoelia bachuensis Liu et al. 2003
Rhopalocoelia clarkii Raymond and Okulitch 1940
Rhopalocoelia kalpinensis Liu et al. 2003
Rhopalocoelia rama Beresi and Rigby 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available