Clathrodictyon Nicholson and Murie 1878 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae

Parent taxon: Clathrodictyidae according to C. W. Stearn 1996

See also Bolton 1988, Nestor 1964, Sepkoski 2002 and Webby and Banks 1976

Sister taxa: Bullulodictyon, Coenellostroma, Kyklopora, Labechiina, Labyrinthodictyon, Oslodictyon, Stelodictyon

Subtaxa: Clathrodictyon adaverense Clathrodictyon boreale Clathrodictyon caespitosum Clathrodictyon clivosum Clathrodictyon crickmayi Clathrodictyon delicatulum Clathrodictyon demissum Clathrodictyon gregale Clathrodictyon idense Clathrodictyon kudriavzevi Clathrodictyon lennuki Clathrodictyon lenticulare Clathrodictyon mammillatum Clathrodictyon microundulatum Clathrodictyon molense Clathrodictyon plicatum Clathrodictyon roseni Clathrodictyon sinuosum Clathrodictyon sulevi Clathrodictyon turritum Clathrodictyon variolare Clathrodictyon vesiculosum Clathrodictyon vormsiense Clathrodictyon zonatum

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Type: Clathrodictyon vesiculosum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Austria (1), Belgium (2), Canada (18: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), China (4), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (3), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Ohio), Vietnam (1)

• Jaani of Estonia (1)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (93: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), China (8), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (55), Mongolia (3), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (17), Sweden (13), Tajikistan (4), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Indiana, Iowa, New York, Ohio), Uzbekistan (1)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)

• Ordovician of Australia (14), Canada (21: Manitoba, Québec), China (12), Estonia (9), Mongolia (8), United States (1: Illinois)

Total: 328 collections including 404 occurrences

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