Demospongiae - Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Alternative combination: Microspongia sphaeroidalis
Synonyms: Calamopora fibrosa Roemer 1860, Hindia fibrosa Roemer 1860, Microspongia fibrosa Roemer 1860
Belongs to Hindia according to F. R. C. Rhebergen and J. P. Botting 2014
See also Percival et al. 2001, Rigby and Bayer 1971, Rigby and Webby 1988, Roemer 1860 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (2: Tennessee collections)
• Silurian of Canada (11: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), United States (7: California)
• Ordovician of Australia (5), Canada (1: Quebec), United States (11: Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
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