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Chaetetes

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae

Discussion

2015 Treatise volume 4 considers Chaetetes a form genus.

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Taxonomy
Chaetetes was named by Fischer von Waldheim (1829) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-l P]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Chaetetinae by Hill (1981); to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Suberitidae by West et al. (2013) and West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Chaetetes Fischer von Waldheim
1981Chaetetes Hill
2002Chaetetes Sepkoski
2013Chaetetes West et al. pp. 8 - 9
2015Chaetetes West et al. p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderHadromeridaTopsent 1898
familySuberitidae
genusChaetetesFischer von Waldheim 1829

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. †Chaetetes Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Subg. †Chaetetes (Boswellia) Sokolov 1939
Subg. †Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) Fischer 1970
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Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) murciana Turnsek et al. 1975
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Invalid names: Chaetetes beneckei Haug 1926 [synonym], Chaetetes waehneri Heritsch 1918 [synonym]
Chaetetes eximius Moore and Jeffords 1945
Chaetetes fructicosa Hall 1876
Chaetetes mackrothii Geinitz 1859
Chaetetes milleporaceus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Invalid names: Chaetetes favosus Moore and Jeffords 1945 [synonym]
Chaetetes tabuliporoides Termier and Termier 1977
Chaetetes thomsoni Reed 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available