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Follicatena

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Follicatena was named by Ott (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: P m Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 218,941,978]. It is not extant. Its type is Follicatena cautica.

It was assigned to Celyphiidae by Boiko et al. (1991); to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); to Thaumastocoeliidae by Finks et al. (2004); and to Thaumastocoeliinae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Species
F. callosa, F. cautica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Follicatena Ott
1991Follicatena Boiko et al.
2002Follicalena Sepkoski
2004Follicatena Finks et al. p. 665
2015Follicatena Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyThaumastocoeliidaeOtt 1967
subfamilyThaumastocoeliinaeOtt 1967
genusFollicatenaOtt 1967

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. †Follicatena Ott 1967
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Follicatena callosa Belyaeva 1991
Follicatena cautica Ott 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available