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Kentrosia

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Calyptrellidae

Taxonomy
Kentrosia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lychniscosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calyptrellidae by Novack-Gottshall (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Kentrosia Sepkoski
2022Kentrosia Novack-Gottshall p. E92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
RankNameAuthor
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
familyCalyptrellidaeSchrammen 1912
genusKentrosia

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. †Kentrosia
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available