Sphaerothalamia Senowbari-Daryan 1994 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1994. Segmentierte Schwämme ("Sphinctozoen") aus der Obertrias (Nor) des Taurus-Gebirges (S-Türkei) [Upper Triassic (Norian) segmented sponges ("Sphinctozoa") from the Taurus Mountains (Southern Turkey)]. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 50:415-446

Parent taxon: Cryptocoeliidae according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015

See also Senowbari-Daryan 1994

Sister taxa: Anisothalamia, Antalythalamia, Calabrispongia, Cryptocoelia, Rigbyspongia

Subtaxa: Sphaerothalamia vesiculifera

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Type: Sphaerothalamia vesiculifera

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at B. Alanköyü, Southern Anatolia, Turkey (Triassic of Turkey)

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