Belemnospongia epiradiatus Rigby and Chatterton 1999 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetractinomorpha

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1999. Silurian (Wenlock) demosponges from the Avalanche Lake area of the Mackenzie Mountains, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 16:1-43

Belongs to Belemnospongia according to J. K. Rigby and B. D. E. Chatterton 1999

Sister taxon: Belemnospongia parmula

Type specimen: Its type locality is Section AV4, 126mT, Avalanche Lake, which is in a Sheinwoodian offshore lime mudstone/wackestone in the Delorme Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Section AV4, 126mT, Avalanche Lake

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