Discosiphonella primorica Belyaeva 1991 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Alternative combination: Lichuanospongia primorica

Full reference: G. V. Belyaeva. 1991. Taxonomic names. Sphinktozoa Phanerozoya Territorii SSSR 1-224

Belongs to Discosiphonella according to B. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2007

See also Belyaeva 1991

Sister taxa: Discosiphonella iranica, Discosiphonella minima, Cystauletes orientalis, Cystauletes squamilis, Cystauletes lercarensis, Cystauletes primoriensis, Cystauletes typica, Cystauletes grossa, Cystauletes mammilosus, Cystauletes kingi, Cystauletes ribuzuoensis

Type specimen: DVGI 8-B slide 155-D. Its type locality is Brat Mountain, Collection 155, Partizanskaya River, Primorye, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Lyudyanza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Brat Mountain, Collection 155, Partizanskaya River, Primorye

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