Pseudoporospongia Herenger 1942 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae

Full reference: L. Herenger. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires du Jurassique et du Cretace de Catalogne. Travaux du Laboratoire de Geologie de la Faculte des Sciences de l'Universite de Grenoble 23:143-192

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

Sister taxa: Cypellia, Paracypellia, Porocypellia, Sporadopyge

Subtaxa: Pseudoporospongia tarraconensis

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Type: Pseudoporospongia tarraconensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Terracuques de Llebra Rasquera (Jurassic of Spain)

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