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
Type: Heminectere minima
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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