Actinodictyon Parks 1909 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae

Parent taxon: Actinodictyidae according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999

See also Nestor 1964 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Camptodictyon, Desmidodictyon, Ecclimadictyon, Neobeatricea, Plexodictyon, Yabeodictyon

Subtaxa: Actinodictyon canadense Actinodictyon suevicum

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Type: Actinodictyon canadense

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (1)

• Jaani of Estonia (1)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (3: Manitoba, Quebec), Estonia (5), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences

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