Synonym: Seelandia
Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Engeser and Taylor 1989, Hill 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agelasida, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Epipolasida, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hazeliidae, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Poecilosclerida, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Atrochaetetes conicus Atrochaetetes lagaaiji
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (7 collections), Oman (1), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (1), Türkiye (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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