Chaunactis malkowskii Hurcewicz 1982 (demosponge)

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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