Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Alternative combination: Craticularia relicta
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
Belongs to Laocoetis according to E. Świerczewska-Gładysz 2010
See also Schrammen 1912
Sister taxa: Laocoetis arborescens, Laocoetis clathrata, Laocoetis crassipes, Laocoetis emiliana, Laocoetis fittoni, Laocoetis paradoxa, Laocoetis patula, Laocoetis piserai, Laocoetis procumbens, Laocoetis striatopunctata, Laocoetis tubifera, Laocoetis virgatula, Laocoetis vulgata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oberg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl in Germany
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Germany (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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