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Australispongia

Hexactinellida

Taxonomy
Australispongia was named by Dong and Knoll (1996) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1216]. It is not extant. Its type is Australispongia sinensis.

It was assigned to Hexactinellida by Sepkoski (2002) and Finks and Rigby (2004).

Species
A. compressa, A. sinensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Australispongia Dong and Knoll
2002Australispongia Sepkoski
2004Australispongia Finks and Rigby p. 442

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
RankNameAuthor
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
genusAustralispongia

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.

G. †Australispongia Dong and Knoll 1996
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Australispongia compressa Kozur et al. 1996
Australispongia sinensis Dong and Knoll 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available