†family Ulospongiellidae Rigby and Collins 2004 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Heteroscleromorpha - Ulospongiellidae

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: Heteroscleromorpha according to K. A. Kolesnikov et al. 2024

See also Finks et al. 2004

Sister taxon: Spongillida

Subtaxa: Hapalospongia Neomenispongia Ulospongiella

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Type: Ulospongiella

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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