Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida > Subclass Hexasterophora > Order Hexactinosida > Suborder Sceptrulophora > Family Fieldingiidae

Fieldingia Kent, 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Fieldingia lagettoides Kent, 1870

Literature

original description	Kent, W. Saville 1870a. On two new Siliceous Sponges taken in the late Dredging-Expedition of the Yacht 'Norma' off the Coasts of Spain and Portugal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 6(33): 217-224, pl. XV.
basis of record	Tabachnick, K.R.; Janussen, D. 2004. Description of a new species and subspecies of Fieldingia, erection of a new family Fieldingidae and a new order Fieldingida (Porifera; Hexactinellida; Hexasterophora). In: Pansini, M.; Pronzato, R.; Bavestrello, G.; Manconi, R. (eds). Sponge science in the new millenium. Boll.Mus.Ist.Biol.Univ.Genova 68: 623-637.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103