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Calathospongia

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Calathospongia is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Calathospongiinae.

It was assigned to Lyssacinosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calathospongiinae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Calathospongia Sepkoski
2004Calathospongia Finks and Rigby p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
subfamilyCalathospongiinaeHall and Clarke 1899
genusCalathospongia

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