Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Astraeospongiidae

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

Parent taxon: Astraeospongiidae according to J. P. Botting 2005

Sister taxa: Asteriospongia, Astraeospongium, Blumenbachium, Constellatospongia, Contignatiospongia, Ensiferites, Kuraya, Magenia, Malluviospongia, Stellarispongia

Subtaxa: Microastraeum tenuis

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Type: Microastraeum tenuis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Llandegley Rocks (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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