Wollemannia cribrosa Reid 1964 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Full reference: R. E. H. Reid. 1964. A monograph of the Upper Cretaceous Hexactinellida of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Part IV. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 49-154

Belongs to Wollemannia according to R. E. H. Reid 1964

Sister taxon: Wollemannia araneosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sidestrand, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore chalk in the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sidestrand

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