†Chaunactis malkowskii Hurcewicz 1982 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Full reference: H. Hurcewicz. 1982. Permian sponges from brachiopod cherts at Hornsund, Spitsbergen. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 27:85-114
Belongs to Chaunactis according to H. Hurcewicz 1982
Sister taxa: Chaunactis foliata, Chaunactis kaera, Chaunactis olsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Treskelen, Creek IV, Hornsund (brachiopod cherts), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Treskelen, Creek IV, Hornsund (brachiopod cherts)
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