†Epitheles Fromentel 1860 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Invalid subtaxa: Myrmecidium Vinassa de Regny 1901, Myrmecium Goldfuss 1826 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Sestrostomellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brevisiphonella, Himatella, Polysiphonella, Sestrostomella, Trachytila, Vesicotubispongia, Winwoodia
Subtaxa: Epitheles hemisphaerica Epitheles hieroglypha Myrmecium cylindricum Myrmecium pyramidum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (9 collections), Italy (1), Poland (4), Portugal (1)
• Triassic of Italy (2)
Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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