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Astrosclera
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Agelasida : Astroscleridae : Astrosclera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Astroscleridae : Astrosclera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Astrosclera Lister, 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Lister, J.J. (1900). Astrosclera willeyana, the type of a new family of sponges. Pp. 459-482, pls XLV-XLVIII. Willey's Zoological Results.Part 4. (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (67%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 222 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | oviparous (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Agelasida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Wörheide. 1998. The reef cave dwelling ultraconservative coralline demosponge Astrosclera willeyana Lister 1900 from the Indo-Pacific. Facies 38:1-88 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Astrosclera cuifi species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Astrosclera willeyana species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1900 | Astrosclera Lister |
2004 | Astrosclera Finks et al. p. 591 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!