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Chondrocladia
Description | Chondrocladia is a genus of carnivorous demosponges of the family Cladorhizidae. Neocladia was long considered a junior synonym, but has recently become accepted as a distinct genus. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrocladia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Poecilosclerida : Cladorhizidae : Chondrocladia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Poecilosclerida : Chondrocladia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Chondrocladia Thomson, 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depths of the Sea. (Macmillan and Co.: London): 1-527. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Poecilosclerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Poecilosclerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Poecilosclerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrocladia |
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Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Chondrocladia albatrossi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia amphactis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia antarctica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia arenifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia asigmata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia biannulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia burtoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia clavata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia concrescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia crinita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia dichotoma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia fatimae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia grandis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia guiteli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia koltuni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia lampadiglobus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia latrunculioides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia levii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia lyra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia magna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia multichela species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia nani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia nicolae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia occulta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia pulvinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia robertballardi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia rogersi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia saffronae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia schlatteri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia scolionema species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia stipitata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia tasmaniensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia turbiformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia vaceleti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia verticillata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia virgata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chondrocladia yatsui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Symmetrocladia Lee, Reiswig, Austin & Lundsten, 2012 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Poecilosclerida : Cladorhizidae : Symmetrocladia |
Condrochladia Filhol, 1885 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Poecilosclerida : Cladorhizidae : Condrochladia |
Meliiderma Ridley & Dendy, 1887 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Poecilosclerida : Cladorhizidae : Meliiderma |
Chondrochladia Filhol, 1885 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Poecilosclerida : Cladorhizidae : Chondrochladia |
Crinorhiza Schmidt, 1880 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Poecilosclerida : Cladorhizidae : Crinorhiza |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Chondrocladia Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!