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Corymbospongia

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Corymbospongia was named by Rigby and Potter (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg Sepkoski's reference number: 652]. It is not extant. Its type is Corymbospongia adnata.

It was assigned to Cystothalamiidae by Rigby and Potter (1986) and Rigby et al. (1988); to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Corymbospongiinae by Finks et al. (2004) and Rigby et al. (2008).

Species
C. adnata (type species), C. betella, C. mica
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Corymbospongia Rigby and Potter
1988Corymbospongia Rigby et al.
2002Corymbospongia Sepkoski
2004Corymbospongia Finks et al. p. 701
2008Corymbospongia Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyCorymbospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusCorymbospongiaRigby and Potter 1986

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. †Corymbospongia Rigby and Potter 1986
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Corymbospongia adnata Rigby and Potter 1986
Corymbospongia betella Rigby et al. 1988
Corymbospongia mica Rigby and Potter 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available