Astraeospongium Roemer 1860 (sponge)

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Astraeospongiidae

Alternative spelling: Astraeospongia

Synonym: Acanthospongia [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Astraeospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asteriospongia, Blumenbachium, Constellatospongia, Contignatiospongia, Ensiferites, Kuraya, Magenia, Malluviospongia, Microastraeum, Stellarispongia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Manitoba collection), the Czech Republic (1), United States (6: Illinois, New York)

• Silurian of United States (24: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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