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Acanthactinella

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Acanthactinella is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Holasterella bennei.

It was assigned to Holasterellidae by de Laubensfels (1955); to Reticulosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Stiodermatidae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Acanthactinella de Laubensfels p. E70
2002Acanthactinella Sepkoski
2004Acanthactinella Finks and Rigby p. 338

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyStiodermatidae
genusAcanthactinella

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