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Order Poecilosclerida Topsent 1928 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida

Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to R. R. West et al. 2015

See also Finks et al. 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Worheide et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Agelasida, Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Epipolasida, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hazeliidae, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida

Subtaxa: Acarniidae Amphilectidae Cladorhizidae Hymedesmia Latrunculiidae Makiyama Merliidae Myxillidae Oppligera Tedaniidae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Miocene of Japan (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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