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Actostroma

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae

Taxonomy
Actostroma was named by Hudson (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm-l Sepkoski's reference number: 761]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Axinellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinostromariidae by Hudson (1958), Wood (1987) and West et al. (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Actostroma Hudson
1987Actostroma Wood
2002Actostroma Sepkoski
2015Actostroma West et al. p. 260

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyActinostromariidaeHudson 1955
genusActostroma

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. †Actostroma Hudson 1958
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Actostroma damesini Hudson 1958
Actostroma nasri Hudson 1958
Actostroma regulare Dong and Wang 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available