Stioderma hadra Rigby and Manger 1994 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and W. L. Manger. 1994. Morrowan lithistid demosponges and hexactinellids from the Ozark Mountains of northwestern Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology 68(4):734-746

Belongs to Stioderma according to J. K. Rigby and W. L. Manger 1994

Sister taxa: Stioderma coscinum, Stioderma perforata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Arnett, which is in a Morrowan marine shale in the Bloyd Formation of Arkansas

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arnett

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