Family Pachastrellidae Carter 1875 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae

Parent taxon: Pachastrellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Pisera and Bitner 2007

Sister taxa: Costamorphiidae, Theneidae

Subtaxa: Acanthophora Brachiaster Calthropellinae Halininae Helobrachium Pachastrellinae Paropsites Propachastrella Youngella

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Type: Pachastrella

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Portugal (1), Spain (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Ukraine (3)

• Cretaceous of Germany (5), Poland (3)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences

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