Choia Walcott 1920 (demosponge)

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

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Morocco (2)

• Marjumian of United States (6: Utah)

• Cambrian of Canada (12: British Columbia), China (12), Greenland (4), United States (6: Utah)

Total: 43 collections including 57 occurrences

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