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Trichospongia

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae

Taxonomy
Trichospongia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Trichospongia Sepkoski
2004Trichospongia Finks et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familySollasellidaevon Lendenfeld 1887
genusTrichospongia

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available