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Spongilla

Demospongiae - Spongillida - Spongillidae

Taxonomy
Spongilla was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant. It is the type genus of Spongillidae.

It was assigned to Spongillidae by Harrison and Warner (1986) and Finks et al. (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Spongilla Lamarck
1986Spongilla Harrison and Warner p. 110
2004Spongilla Finks et al. p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassHeteroscleromorphaCardenas et al. 2012
RankNameAuthor
orderSpongillidaManconi and Pronzato 2002
familySpongillidaeGray 1867
genusSpongillaLamarck 1816

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. Spongilla Lamarck 1816
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Spongilla lacustris Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available