†order Spongiomorphida Alloiteau 1952

Hydrozoa - Spongiomorphida

Parent taxon: Hydrozoa according to G. D. Stanley and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1999

See also Stanley 1986

Sister taxa: Actinulida, Delheidia, Fistulella, Graptogeitonia, Hydrocorallinae, Hydroida, Kerunia, Lemniscaterina, Likinia, Limnomedusae, Milleporidae, Milleporina, Narcomedusae, Nigriporellidae, Plumalina, Rhizostromella, Roseoporella, Siphonophorida, Sphaeractinida, Stoliczkiella, Stylasterina, Trachylinida, Tubulariae, Tubuloparietes

Subtaxa: Jillua Spongiomorphidae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Germany (6)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (6)

• Jurassic of Austria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), Croatia (1), Indonesia (1), Morocco (3), Romania (1)

• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (3: British Columbia, Yukon), East Timor (1), Hungary (2), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Italy (1), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Oman (1), Romania (2), Slovenia (3), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (43: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)

• Permian of China (1)

Total: 102 collections including 123 occurrences

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