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Hindia sphaeroidalis

Demospongiae - Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae

Taxonomy
Hindia sphaeroidalis was named by Duncan (1879). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Microspongia sphaeroidalis by Howell (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Calamopora fibrosa Roemer p. 20 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 2 a-b
1879Hindia sphaeroidalis Duncan
1888Hindia fibrosa Hinde p. 116
1928Hindia fibrosa Twenhofel p. 103
1940Microspongia sphaeroidalis Howell pp. 1-2 figs. pl. 1
1971Microspongia fibrosa Rigby and Bayer
2001Hindia sphaeroidalis Percival et al.
2014Hindia sphaeroidalis Rhebergen and Botting figs. pl. 11 f. 4-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassTetractinomorphaLévi 1956
orderStreptosclerophorida
RankNameAuthor
suborderEutaxicladina
familyHindiidaeRauff 1894
genusHindiaDuncan 1879
speciessphaeroidalisDuncan 1879

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.

Hindia sphaeroidalis Duncan 1879
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Invalid names: Hindia fibrosa Roemer 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available