Defordia King 1943 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae

Full reference: R. H. King. 1943. New Carboniferous and Permian sponges. Kansas State Geological Survey Bulletin 47(1):1-36

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinocoelia, Allassospongia, Chiastoclonella, Chiastocolumnia, Craterospongiella, Insulipora, Pseudovirgulopsis, Rutkowskiella, Syltispongia

Subtaxa: Defordia defuncta Defordia densa Defordia digitata Defordia foliata Defordia lobata Defordia verrucula

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Type: Defordia defuncta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (22: Texas collections), Venezuela (3)

Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences

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