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Constellatospongia

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Astraeospongiidae

Taxonomy
Constellatospongia was named by Rigby (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 205]. It is not extant. Its type is Constellatospongia pervia.

It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astraeospongiidae by Rigby (1977) and Finks et al. (2004).

Species
C. pervia (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Constellatospongia Rigby
2002Constellatospongia Sepkoski
2004Constellatospongia Finks et al. p. 565

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderOctactinellidaHinde 1887
familyAstraeospongiidaeMiller 1889
genusConstellatospongia

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. †Constellatospongia Rigby 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available