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Plectinia

Taxonomy
Plectinia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Plectinia Sepkoski
2004Plectinia Finks et al. p. 764

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
RankNameAuthor
genusPlectinia

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. †Plectinia
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available