Heminectere Botting 2004 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae

Full reference: J. P. Botting. 2004. An exceptional Caradoc sponge fauna from the Llanfawr Quarries, central Wales and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):31-63

Parent taxon: Protospongiidae according to J. P. Botting and L. A. Muir 2011

Sister taxa: Acanthodictya, Actinodictya, Brooksella, Diagoniella, Gabelia, Hexatractiella, Hunanospongia, Iberospongia, Kiwetinokia, Megastylia, Metaxyspongia, Palaeosaccus, Plectoderma, Protospongia, Quadrolaminiella, Saetaspongia, Sanshapentella, Testiispongia, Triticispongia

Subtaxa: Heminectere minima Heminectere rushtoni

view classification

Type: Heminectere minima

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.