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Sulcastrella

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida

Taxonomy
Sulcastrella is a genus. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sulcastrella Sepkoski
2004Sulcastrella Finks et al. p. 237

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
genusSulcastrella

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