†Astylospongia lutera Rigby and Chatterton 1989 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Astylospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1989. Middle Silurian Ludlovian and Wenlockian sponges from Baillie-Hamilton and Cornwallis Islands, Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 391:1-69
Belongs to Astylospongia according to J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton 1989
Sister taxon: Astylospongia praemorsa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cornwallis Island, Abbott River, CAR1, 44.5m, which is in a Ludlow slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cornwallis Island, Abbott River, CAR1, 44.5m
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