Ophiodesia (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Choristida - Cephaloraphiditidae

Parent taxon: Cephaloraphiditidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cephaloraphidites, Cerberorhaphidites, Euleraphe, Heteroraphidites, Megaloraphium, Polytretia, Rhabdospongia, Ophiraphidites

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Niwiska, Planula Zone, Polish Jura (Jurassic of Poland)

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