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Calcarea (calcareous sponge)
Calcarea -
Taxonomy
Calcarea was named by Bowerbank (1864) [rank changed from class to phylum to allow synonymy with Calcispongea of Zrzavy et al. 1998. Reassigned to a class by Finks et al. (2004)]. It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Calcispongea by Zrzavy et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Metazoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011); to Euradiculata by Nielsen (2012); and to Porifera by Sepkoski (2002), Finks et al. (2004), Skovsted (2006) and Worheide et al. (2012).
It was synonymized subjectively with Calcispongea by Zrzavy et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Metazoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011); to Euradiculata by Nielsen (2012); and to Porifera by Sepkoski (2002), Finks et al. (2004), Skovsted (2006) and Worheide et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Aporata, Aspiculata, Aulocyclus, Aulospongia, Bellidispongia, Blastulospongia, Calcaronea, Calcinea, Clifdenella, Cystothalamiidae, Epeudea, Faniathalamia, Fistulisponga, Follicalena, Gaspespongia, Khalfinaea, Lamellispongia, Nibionia, Paruvanella, Pharetronida, Phragmocoelia, Porata, Praethalamopora, Pseudodictyocoelia, Radiothalamos, Rahbahthalmia, Rigbyspongia, Scribroporella, Sebargasia, Vascothalmia, Wanella, Zigzagella
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1864 | Calcarea Bowerbank |
| 2002 | Calcarea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Calcarea Finks et al. p. 8 |
| 2006 | Calcarea Skovsted p. 1098 |
| 2011 | Calcarea Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 2012 | Calcarea Nielsen p. 27 figs. Fig. 4.2 |
| 2012 | Calcarea Worheide et al. p. 42 figs. Fig. 1.1 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available