Xylospongia tarraconensis Herenger 1942 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa

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

Belongs to Xylospongia according to L. Herenger 1942

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Valldarques, which is in a Senonian marine horizon in Spain

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Valldarques

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