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Meandrostia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Maeandrostiidae

Taxonomy
Meandrostia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Meandrostia Sepkoski
2004Meandrostia Finks et al. p. 644

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyMaeandrostiidaeFinks 1971
genusMeandrostia

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