Lovcenipora musandamensis Senowbari-Daryan and Maurer 2008 (demosponge)

Demospongiae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and F. Maurer. 2008. Upper Triassic (Norian) hypercalcified sponges from the Musandam Peninsula (United Arab Emirates and Oman). Facies 54:433-460

Belongs to Lovcenipora according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and F. Maurer 2008

Sister taxon: Lovcenipora iranica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Musandam Mountains, which is in a Sevatian deep subtidal shelf floatstone/rudstone in the Ghalilah Formation of the United Arab Emirates

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Musandam Mountains

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