Calceolispongia diemenensis Willink 1979 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Cladida

Full reference: R. J. Willink. 1979. The crinoid genera Tribrachyocrinus McCoy, Calceolispongia Etheridge, Jimbacrinus Teichert and Meganotocrinus n. gen. in the Permian of eastern Australia. Palaeontographica Abt. A 165(3-6):137-194

Belongs to Calceolispongia according to R. J. Willink 1979

Sister taxa: Calceolispongia abundans, Calceolispongia aculeata, Calceolispongia cornuta, Calceolispongia cracowensis, Calceolispongia digitata, Calceolispongia gerthi, Calceolispongia hindei, Calceolispongia kalewaensis, Calceolispongia lizziensis, Calceolispongia mammeata, Calceolispongia nodosa, Calceolispongia spinosa, Calceolispongia stephensi, Calceolispongia teicherti, Calceolispongia ulladullensis

Type specimen: UT 96785. Its type locality is Maria Island, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Counsel Creek Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Maria Island

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