Casearia alpina Senowbari-Daryan and Zankl 2010 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and H. Zankl. 2010. First chambered hexactinellid sponge from the Upper Triassic Dachstein Reef Limestone (Hoher Göll, Northern Calcareous Alps). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt A 150:389-392

Belongs to Casearia according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and H. Zankl 2010

Sister taxa: Casearia articulata, Casearia decursiva, Casearia delijanensis, Casearia iranica, Casearia oblata, Casearia vezvanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hoher Göll Reef, Austria, which is in a Sevatian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Dachstein Formation of Austria

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hoher Göll Reef, Austria

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