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Girtycoelia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Girtycoeliidae

Taxonomy
Girtycoelia was named by King (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 227,652,203]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Girtycoeliidae.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Girtycoelia King
2002Girtycoelia Sepkoski
2004Girtycoelia Finks et al. p. 685

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyGirtycoeliidae
genusGirtycoeliaKing 1933

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. †Girtycoelia King 1933
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Girtycoelia typica King 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available