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Metamsassia

Demospongiae - Tabulospongida

Taxonomy
Metamsassia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Metamsassia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderTabulospongidaHartmann and Goreau 1975
genusMetamsassia

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