†Cladospongia alaskensis Rigby et al. 2008 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, D. M. Rohr, R. B. Blodgett and B. B. Britt. 2008. Silurian sponges and some associated fossils from the Heceta Limestone, Prince of Wales Island, Southeastern Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 82(1):91-101
Belongs to Cladospongia according to J. K. Rigby et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Prince of Wales Island, Ludlovia association, which is in a Wenlock/Ludlow platform/shelf-margin reef reef rocks in the Heceta Formation of Alaska
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Prince of Wales Island, Ludlovia association
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