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Gigantospongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy
Gigantospongia was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u].

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Gigantospongia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan
2002Gigantospongia Sepkoski
2004Gigantospongia Finks et al. p. 624

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAuriculospongiidae
subfamilyGigantospongiinae
genusGigantospongia

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. †Gigantospongia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Gigantospongia discoforma Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available