Cnemidiastrum Zittel 1878 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae

Synonyms: Lithostrobilis, Lithostrobilus Schrammen 1937 [objective synonym]

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

See also Hinde 1883 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cnemopeltia, Corallidium, Cucumaltina

Subtaxa: Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) Cnemidiastrum almeriae Cnemidiastrum corallinum Cnemidiastrum hoheneggeri Cnemidiastrum reticulatus Cnemidiastrum stellatum Cnemidiastrum striatopunctatum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Spain (4 collections)

• Cretaceous of Spain (1)

• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (11), India (1), Poland (61), Spain (2)

Total: 83 collections including 95 occurrences

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