Lovcenipora iranica Senowbari-Daryan and Amirhassankhani 2013 (demosponge)

Demospongiae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and F. Amirhassankhani. 2013. Lovcenipora iranica nov. sp., an unusually large chaetetid sponge from the Upper Triassic (Howz-e Khan member, Nayband Formation) of northeast Iran. Zitteliana A 53:15-22

Belongs to Lovcenipora according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and F. Amirhassankhani 2013

Sister taxon: Lovcenipora musandamensis

Type specimen: BSPG 2011 I 140, 141. Its type locality is Hassan-Abad, Ferdows area, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Nayband Formation of Iran.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hassan-Abad, Ferdows area

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