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Nucha

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Nuchidae

Taxonomy
Nucha is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Nuchidae.

It was assigned to Colospongiinae by Stanley (1998); to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nuchidae by Rigby et al. (2008) and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Nucha Stanley, Jr.
2002Nucha Sepkoski
2008Nucha Rigby et al.
2015Nucha Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 392

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderOctactinellidaHinde 1887
familyNuchidaePickett 2002
genusNucha

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. †Nucha
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Nucha naucum Pickett and Jell 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available