Stellispongiella minor Senowbari-Daryan 1994 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1994. Mesozoic sponges of the Pucara Group, Peru. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:57-74

Belongs to Stellispongiella according to B. Senowbari-Daryan 1994

Sister taxa: Stellispongiella amplia, Stellispongiella bacilla, Stellispongiella insculpta, Stellispongiella juninensis, Stellispongiella parva, Stellispongiella porosa, Stellispongiella ramosa, Stellispongiella reticulata, Stellispongiella tumida

Type specimen: UMIP 23479. Its type locality is 85-CAR-10, Carhuazcocha, which is in a Norian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Chambara Formation of Peru.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 85-CAR-10, Carhuazcocha

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