Craterospongiella sinensis Rigby et al. 2006 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby, B. J. Kessel, B. D. Ritts and S. J. Friedman. 2006. A new Ordovician chiastoclonellid sponge from Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Paleontology 80(4):775-779

Belongs to Craterospongiella according to J. K. Rigby et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Suhaitu, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate packstone in the Majiagou Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Suhaitu

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