†Blastochaetetes zaafranensis Gautret and Cuif 1989 (demosponge)
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Full reference: P. Gautret and J.-P. Cuif. 1989. Les démosponges calcifiées des biohermes du Jurassique supérieur du sud Tunisien (Oxfordien de la région de Tataouine). Geobios 22(1):49-63
Belongs to Blastochaetetes according to P. Gautret and J.-P. Cuif 1989
Sister taxa: Blastochaetetes bathonicus, Blastochaetetes capilliformis, Blastochaetetes dresnayi, Blastochaetetes reitneri, Blastochaetetes venezuelensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Oued Zaafrane buildups, Tunisia (Jurassic of Tunisia)
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