†Choia Walcott 1920 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Choiidae
Parent taxon: Choiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Briggs et al. 1994, Rigby et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allantospongia, Choiaella, Lenica
Subtaxa: Choia carteri Choia hindei Choia ridleyi Choia striata Choia utahensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Morocco (2)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (12), Greenland (4), Mexico (1), United States (11: Utah)
• Delamaran of Canada (11: British Columbia), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 44 collections including 58 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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