Heterophymia Pomel 1872 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Corallistidae

Synonym: Coscinospongia von Lendenfeld 1903 [objective synonym]

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Corallistes, Dicranoclonella, Kyphoclonella, Leiocarenus, Leiohyphe

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heterophymia in the database

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