†family Dystactospongiidae Miller 1889 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Sigmatosclerophorida - Dystactospongiidae

Parent taxon: Sigmatosclerophorida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Dystactospongia Heterospongia Loganiella Streptospongia

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Type: Dystactospongia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (35: Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences

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