Acanthochaetetes Fischer 1970 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Acanthochaetetidae
Synonym: Tabulospongia Mori 1976
Parent taxon: Acanthochaetetidae according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Reitner and Engeser 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Diplochaetetes, Septochaetetes, Willardia
Subtaxa: Acanthochaetetes huauclillensis Acanthochaetetes seunesi
Type: Acanthochaetetes seunesi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Vanuatu (2 collections)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), India (3), Spain (4)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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