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Kruseicnema

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Kruseicnemidae

Taxonomy
Kruseicnema is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Kruseicnemoidea, Kruseicnemidae.

It was assigned to Archaeocyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kruseicnemidae by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Kruseicnema Sepkoski
2015Kruseicnema Debrenne et al. p. 1076

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderSyringocneminaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyKruseicnemoideaDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1990
familyKruseicnemidaeDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1990
genusKruseicnema

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