Phrissospongia Moret 1926 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Corallistidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gignouxia, Gilletia, Procorallistes, Pycnoclonella, Schrammeniella, Spinocladia

Subtaxa: Phrissospongia hoffmanni

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Neuburg (Donau) (Cretaceous of Germany)

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