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Emploca

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Emplocidae

Taxonomy
Emploca is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Emplocidae.

It was assigned to Hexactinosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Emplocidae by Reid (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Emploca Sepkoski
2004Emploca Reid p. 507

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
familyEmplocidaede Laubenfels 1955
genusEmploca

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