Order Astrophorida (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Astrophorida

Parent taxon: Tetractinellida according to G. Worheide et al. 2012

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Archaeoscyphidae

Subtaxa: Stromatorhaxella Thoosidae Thrombidae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerová-Lieskové (Miocene of Slovakia)

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