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Belemnospongia

Demospongiae

Taxonomy
Belemnospongia was named by Ulrich (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l C Pn]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Demospongia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tetractinomorpha by Finks et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Belemnospongia Ulrich
2002Belemnospongia Sepkoski
2004Belemnospongia Finks et al. p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetractinomorphaLévi 1956
genusBelemnospongiaUlrich 1889

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. †Belemnospongia Ulrich 1889
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Belemnospongia epiradiatus Rigby and Chatterton 1999
Belemnospongia parmula Rigby et al. 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available