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Caulophacus

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Asemematidae

Taxonomy
Caulophacus is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Caulophacinae.

It was assigned to Lyssacinosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caulophacinae by Reid (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Caulophacus Sepkoski
2004Caulophacus Reid p. 456

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
familyAsemematidaeSchulze 1887
subfamilyCaulophacinaeSchulze 1887
genusCaulophacus

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