Brevicirrus arenaceus Botting 2005 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa

Full reference: J. P. Botting. 2005. Exceptionally well-preserved Middle Ordovician sponges from the Llandegley Rocks Lagerstätte, Wales. Palaeontology 48(3):577-617

Belongs to Brevicirrus according to J. P. Botting 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Llandegley Rocks, which is in a Llanvirn shoreface sandstone in the Builth Volcanic Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Llandegley Rocks

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