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Atrochaetetes

Demospongiae

Taxonomy
Atrochaetetes was named by Cuif and Fischer (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Tr Carn-u Sepkoski's reference number: 920]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chaetetidae by Hill (1981); to Ceratoporellidae by Engeser and Taylor (1989); to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Demospongiae by West et al. (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Atrochaetetes Cuif and Fischer
1981Atrochaetetes Hill
1989Atrochaetetes Engeser and Taylor p. 49
2002Atrochaetetes Sepkoski
2002Seelandia Sepkoski
2015Atrochaetetes West et al. p. 281

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
RankNameAuthor
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
genusAtrochaetetesCuif and Fischer 1974

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. †Atrochaetetes Cuif and Fischer 1974
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Atrochaetetes conicus Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Atrochaetetes lagaaiji Bizzarini and Braga 1978
Invalid names: Seelandia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available