Crumillospongia mureroensis Garcia-Bellido et al. 2011 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hazeliidae

Full reference: D. C. Garcia-Bellido, M. E. Dies Alvarez, J. A. Gamez Vintaned, E. Linan, and R. Gozalo. 2011. First report of Crumillospongia (Demospongea) from the Cambrian of Europe (Murero biota, Spain). Bulletin of Geosciences 86(3):641-650

Belongs to Crumillospongia according to D. C. Garcia-Bellido et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Crumillospongia biporosa, Crumillospongia frondosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rambla de Valdemiedes 1, beds 1b-9, Murero, which is in a Cambrian offshore shale in the Valdemiedes Formation of Spain

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Spain (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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