†Astrospongia Etallon 1859 (calcareous sponge)
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Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Synonyms: Blastinia Zittel 1878 [objective synonym], Praeoculospongia Gerasimov 1960
Parent taxon: Holcospongiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinospongia, Calicia, Enaulofungia, Eudea, Holcospongia, Mammillopora, Oculospongia, Tremospongia, Tretocalia
Subtaxa: Astrospongia bulbosa Astrospongia costata Astrospongia epiconcha
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (2), Poland (3), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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