Keuppiella Engeser and Mehl 1993 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae

Invalid subtaxa: Rhopalicna Schrammen 1937 [replaced name], Rhopalicus Schrammen 1937 [replaced name], Walcottella de Laubenfels 1955 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Cribrospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Reid 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Andreaea, Cribrospongia, Erineum, Eubrochus, Feifelia, Gevreya, Guettardiscyphia, Haynespongia, Nelumbifolium, Petalope, Polyopesia, Stereochlamis, Stichmaptyx, Tesselospongia

Subtaxa: Keuppiella pertusa

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (9 collections), Poland (10)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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