Pelicaspongia perforata Rigby and Dixon 1979 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Amphidiscosa - Pelicaspongiidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and O. A. Dixon. 1979. Sponge fauna of the Upper Silurian Read Bay Formation, Somerset Island, District of Franklin, Arctic Canada. 53(3):587-627

Belongs to Pelicaspongia according to J. K. Rigby and O. A. Dixon 1979

Sister taxa: Pelicaspongia cupula, Pelicaspongia sterea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Garnier Bay, Somerset Island, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Douro Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Garnier Bay, Somerset Island

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