Myrmecium pyramidum Hurcewicz 1975 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae

Full reference: H. Hurcewicz. 1975. Calcispongea from the Jurassic of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 20(2):223-291

Belongs to Myrmecium according to H. Hurcewicz 1975

Sister taxa: Epitheles hemisphaerica, Epitheles hieroglypha, Myrmecium cylindricum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wydrzynow, which is in an Oxfordian perireef or subreef limestone in Poland

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wydrzynow

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