†family Acanthochaetetidae Fischer 1970 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Acanthochaetetidae

Parent taxon: Hadromerida according to R. R. West et al. 2015

See also Engeser et al. 1986, Hill 1981 and Reitner and Engeser 1983

Sister taxa: Cassianothalamiidae, Celyphiidae, Ceotinellidae, Coetinellidae, Ditraenella, Polysiphonidae, Spirastrellidae, Suberitidae

Subtaxa: Acanthochaetetes Diplochaetetes Septochaetetes Willardia

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Type: Acanthochaetetes

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Vanuatu (2 collections)

• Oligocene of Mexico (1)

• Paleocene of France (1)

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), Greece (1), India (3), Spain (4)

• Jurassic of Portugal (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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