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Acanthochaetetes

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Acanthochaetetidae

Taxonomy
Acanthochaetetes was named by Fischer (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. Its type is Acanthochaetetes seunesi. It is the type genus of Acanthochaetetidae.

It was assigned to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthochaetetidae by Reitner and Engeser (1983) and West et al. (2015).

Species
A. huauclillensis, A. seunesi (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Acanthochaetetes Fischer
1976Tabulospongia Mori
1983Acanthochaetetes Reitner and Engeser
2002Acanthochaetetes Sepkoski
2015Acanthochaetetes West et al. p. 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familyAcanthochaetetidaeFischer 1970
genusAcanthochaetetesFischer 1970

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. Acanthochaetetes Fischer 1970
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Acanthochaetetes huauclillensis Sánchez-Beristain and García-Barrera 2019
Acanthochaetetes seunesi Fischer 1970
Invalid names: Tabulospongia Mori 1976 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available