†Coeloptychium Goldfuss 1826 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae
Parent taxon: Coeloptychinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Hinde 1883 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Troegerella
Subtaxa: Coeloptychium (Coeloptychium) Coeloptychium (Lophoptychium) Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium) Coeloptychium agaricoides Coeloptychium deciminum Coeloptychium furcatum Coeloptychium incisum Coeloptychium princeps Coeloptychium rude Coeloptychium seebachi Coeloptychium subagaricoides Coeloptychium sulciferum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (10), Greece (1), Poland (10), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 30 collections including 51 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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