Allassospongia Rigby 1986 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1986. Late Devonian sponges of Western Australia. Report of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 18:1-59

Parent taxon: Chiastoclonellidae according to J. K. Rigby 1986

Sister taxa: Actinocoelia, Chiastoclonella, Chiastocolumnia, Craterospongiella, Defordia, Insulipora, Pseudovirgulopsis, Rutkowskiella, Syltispongia

Subtaxa: Allassospongia polystromne

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Type: Allassospongia polystromne

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sadler Ridge, reef slope (Devonian of Australia)

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