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Mastodictya

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Mastodictya is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Reticulosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dictyospongiinae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Mastodictya Sepkoski
2004Mastodictya Finks and Rigby p. 374

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

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