Tyanada variabilis Senowbari-Daryan 2005 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae

Alternative combination: Grossotubenella variabilis

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2005. Inozoide Schwämme aus obertriassischen (Nor-Rhät) Riffen der Nayband-Formation (NE und Zentraliran) [Inozoid sponges from Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of the Nayband Formation (NE and central Iran)]. Senckenbergiana lethaea 85(2):261-299

Belongs to Tyanada according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and M. Link 2016

See also Senowbari-Daryan 2005

Sister taxon: Tyanada irregularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ferdows reef, Taher-Abad, Tabas area, which is in a Sevatian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Nayband Formation of Iran

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Iran (5), Turkey (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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