†Blastochaetetes venezuelensis Wells 1944 (demosponge)
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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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