Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Sphinctozoan sponges from the Permian reefs of South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(4):404-439
Belongs to Rhabdactinia according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby 1991
See also Rigby et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Rhabdactinia columnaria, Rhabdactinia complexa, Rhabdactinia irregulara, Rhabdactinia regulara, Rhabdactinia reticulata, Rhabdactinia squamata
Type specimen: IG 5137. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 37, Longlin County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Maokou Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (6 collections), Tunisia (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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