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Leucosolenida
Description | Leucosolenida is an order of sponges in the class Calcarea. Species in the order Leucosolenida are calcareous with a skeleton composed exclusively of free spicules without calcified non-spicular reinforcements. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucosolenida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | order | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Leucosolenida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Leucosolenida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Calcarea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | COMMENT: Erect and surficial, non-motile attached, suspension feeding according to Bambach et al. (2007). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Calcarea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. K. Bambach, A. M. Bush, and D. H. Erwin. 2007. Supplement to Autecology and the filling of ecospace: Key metazoan radiations. Palaeontology 50(1):1-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | アミカイメン | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucosolenida |
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Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Achramorphidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Amphoriscidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Grantiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Heteropiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Jenkinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lelapiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leucosolenidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leucosoleniidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sycanthidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sycettidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1958 | Leucosolenida Hartman |
2007 | Leucosolenida Bambach et al. p. S6 |
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!