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Chirospongia

Hexactinellida - Amphidiscosa - Pattersoniidae

Taxonomy
Chirospongia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Chirospongia Sepkoski
2004Chirospongia Finks and Rigby p. 321

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
RankNameAuthor
orderAmphidiscosaSchrammen 1924
familyPattersoniidaeMiller 1889
genusChirospongia

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