†Dystactospongia Miller 1882 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Sigmatosclerophorida - Dystactospongiidae
Parent taxon: Dystactospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Heterospongia, Loganiella, Streptospongia
Subtaxa: Dystactospongia madisonensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (34: Alabama, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia collections)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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