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Rigbyspongia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Rigbyspongia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cryptocoeliidae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Rigbyspongia Sepkoski
2015Rigbyspongia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyCryptocoeliidaeSteinmann 1882
genusRigbyspongia

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available