Parallelostroma microporum Girty 1895 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae

Alternative combination: Syringostroma microporum

Synonyms: Habrostroma barretti Girty 1895, Habrostroma consimile Girty 1895, Parallelostroma barretti Girty 1895, Parallelostroma consimile Girty 1895, Syringostroma barretti Girty 1895, Syringostroma consimile Girty 1895

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1895. A revision of the sponges and coelenterates of the Lower Helderberg Group of New York. State of New York, 14th Annual Report of the State Geologist, for the year 1894 14:259-309

Belongs to Parallelostroma according to C. W. Stock 1988

See also Fagerstrom 1982 and Girty 1895

Sister taxa: Parallelostroma dzinsetuense, Parallelostroma foveolatum, Parallelostroma keyserense, Parallelostroma longicolumnum, Parallelostroma multicolumnum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (3: Nunavut collections), Italy (2), United States (5: New York)

• Silurian to Devonian of United States (3: Virginia)

Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences

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