Asconema Kent 1870 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Rossellidae

Parent taxon: Rossellidae according to A. Brückner et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Matteolaspongia, Rossella, Rossellinae, Schaudinnia

Subtaxa: Asconema oligocaena

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Septarienton, Bad Freienwalde (Oligocene of Germany)

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