Siphonia Goldfuss 1826 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinosiphonia, Aulaxinia, Bathotheca, Callopegma, Hallirhoa, Jerea, Nelumbia, Polyierea, Turonia

Subtaxa: Siphonia (Pachycalymma) Siphonia (Siphonia) Siphonia ficus Siphonia griepenkerli Siphonia incrassata Siphonia koenigi Siphonia maliformis Siphonia micropora Siphonia tulipa

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Type: Siphonia pyriformis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Czechia (2), France (6), Germany (10), Greece (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 35 collections including 45 occurrences

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