Biology:Eiffeliidae

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Short description: Extinct family of sponges

Eiffeliidae
Petaloptyon danei.jpg
Artist reconstruction of Petaloptyon danei
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Informal group: "Heteractinida"
Family: Eiffeliidae
Rigby, 1986
Genera

Eiffeliidae is an extinct family of sponges.

Genera

The following genera are placed in the family:[1]

  • Astraeoconus Rietschel, 1968
  • Chilcaia Carrera, 1994
  • Eiffelia Walcott, 1920 (synonyms: Lenastella Missarzhevsky in Missarzhevsky & Mambetov, 1981; Actinoites Duan, 1984; Niphadus Duan, 1984)
  • Eiffelospongia Rigby & Collins, 2004[2]
  • Gondekia Rigby, 1991
  • Petaloptyon Raymond, 1931 (synonyms: Canistrumella Rigby, 1986)
  • Toquimiella Rigby, 1967
  • Zangerlispongia Rigby & Nitecki, 1975

References

  1. Pickett, J. (2002). "†Order Heteractinida Hinde, 1887". in Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Willenz, P.. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Boston, MA: Springer. pp. 1121–1140. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_117. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2. 
  2. Rigby, J. K.; Collins, D. (2004). "Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia". ROM contributions in science 1. ISBN 0-88854-443-X. ISSN 1710-7768. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21588797 entry