Musandamia gosaukammensis Senowbari-Daryan 1994 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Alternative combination: Enoplocoelia gosaukammensis

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1994. Enoplocoelia? gosaukammensis - ein neuer thalamider Schwamm aus den obertriadischen Riffkalken des Gosaukammes (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Österreich) [Enoplocoelia? gosaukammensis - a new thalamid sponge from the Upper Triassic reef limestones of the Gosaukamm (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria)]. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 137(4):669-674

Belongs to Musandamia according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014

See also Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011 and Senowbari-Daryan 1994

Sister taxon: Musandamia omanica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gosaukamm, Austria, which is in a Norian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/limestone in the Dachstein Formation of Austria

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Iran (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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