Blastochaetetes venezuelensis Wells 1944 (demosponge)

Demospongiae

Alternative combination: Stromatopora venezuelensis

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1944. Cretaceous, tertiary, and recent corals, a sponge, and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):429-447

Belongs to Blastochaetetes according to W. Kiessling 2003

See also Wells 1944

Sister taxa: Blastochaetetes bathonicus, Blastochaetetes capilliformis, Blastochaetetes dresnayi, Blastochaetetes zaafranensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Las Cinco Ceibas, which is in an Aptian/Albian perireef or subreef limestone in the Barranquin Formation of Venezuela

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Las Cinco Ceibas

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