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Merlia

Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida - Merliidae

Taxonomy
Merlia is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Merliidae.

It was assigned to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merliidae by West et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Merlia Sepkoski
2015Merlia West et al. p. 231

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderPoeciloscleridaTopsent 1928
familyMerliidaeKirkpatrick 1908
genusMerlia

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available