Asterocalyx Moret 1926 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astrolemma, Bolojerea, Bolospongia, Calymmatina, Craterella, Kalpinella, Kozlowskispongia, Marginospongia, Paraspelaeum, Phymatella, Phymoracia, Trachysycon, Tretotoechus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asterocalyx in the database

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