Nemarete Reid 1961 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Full reference: R. E. H. Reid. 1961. A monograph of the Upper Cretaceous Hexactinellida of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, part III. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 27-48

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

Sister taxa: Alosculum, Blondetia, Dracospongia, Eurete, Heterochone, Linonema, Lopanella, Mastodictyum, Myliusia, Ordinatus, Periphragella, Plecteurete, Plectospyris, Pleurochorium, Polypyge, Pseudocavispongia, Radioplica, Ramispongia, Verrucocoelia, Wapkiosa, Zittelispongia

Subtaxa: Nemarete mirabilis

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Type: Nemarete mirabilis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Childrey (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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