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Acanthactinella bennei

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Holasterella bennei was named by Hinde (1884). It is extant. It is the type species of Acanthactinella.

It was recombined as Acanthactinella bennei by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Holasterella bennei Hinde p. 153
2004Acanthactinella bennei Finks et al. p. 338

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyStiodermatidae
genusAcanthactinella
speciesbennei(Hinde 1884)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:10:17
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:10:17
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available