Ecblastesia Rauff 1933 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Caseariinae, Conicospongia, Cordiospongia, Craticulariinae, Esfahanella, Laocoetidinae, Leptophragmatinae, Mimeticosia, Paleocraticularia, Periplectum, Pleuroguettardia, Polonospongia, Synaulia, Urnospongia

Subtaxa: Ecblastesia intrinsecuscostata

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Type: Ecblastesia intrinsecuscostata

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wernigerode (Cretaceous of Germany)

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