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Pyrospongia

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae

Taxonomy
Pyrospongia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pyrospongia Sepkoski
2004Pyrospongia Finks et al. p. 546

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
RankNameAuthor
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
familyDactylocalycidaeGray 1867
genusPyrospongia

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