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Alaskaspongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Angullongiidae

Taxonomy
Alaskaspongia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Alaskaspongia nana.

It was assigned to Porata by Rigby et al. (1988); to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Angullongiidae by Finks et al. (2004) and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Species
A. nana (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Alaskaspongia Rigby et al.
2002Alaskaspongia Sepkoski
2004Alaskaspongia Finks et al. p. 647
2015Alaskaspongia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyAngullongiidae
genusAlaskaspongia

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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Alaskaspongia nana Rigby et al. 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available