Hamptoniella Rigby and Collins 2004 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and D. Collins. 2004. Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia. Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science 1:1-155

Parent taxon: Hamptoniidae according to J. K. Rigby and D. Collins 2004

Sister taxa: Hamptonia, Lasiothrix, Offela

Subtaxa: Hamptoniella foliata Hamptoniella hirsuta

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Type: Hamptoniella foliata

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 14s. Trilobite Bed, Mount Stephen ( of British Columbia)

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