†Asthenospongia acantha Rigby et al. 1981 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Asthenospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. E. King, and L. F. Gunther. 1981. The new Lower Ordovician protosponge, Athenospongia, from the Phi Kappa Formation in central Idaho. Journal of Paleontology 55(4):842-847
Belongs to Asthenospongia according to J. K. Rigby et al. 1981
Sister taxon: Asthenospongia cambria
Type specimen: Its type locality is Trail Creek, which is in a Floian marine sandstone/shale in the Phi Kappa Formation of Idaho
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Trail Creek
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