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), Germany (1), United States (6: Illinois, New York)
• Silurian of United States (24: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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