Burgundia circoporoides Zuffardi-Comerci 1959 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Burgundiidae

Full reference: R. Zuffardi-Comerci. 1959. Corallari e Idrozoi giurassici degli altipiani Hararini [Jurassic corals and Hydrozoa from the Harar Plateau]. Missione Geologica dell'Azienda Italiana Petroli (AGIP) nella Dancalia Meridionale e sugli Altipiani Hararini 4(1):199-250

Belongs to Burgundia according to R. Zuffardi-Comerci 1959

Sister taxa: Burgundia corrugata, Burgundia ramosa, Burgundia trinorchii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tallaè, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tallaè

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