Family Aulocystidae Sollas 1887 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosida - Aulocystidae

The sponge family, not the tabulate coral family

Parent taxon: Lychniscosida according to H. M. Reiswig 2002

Sister taxon: Diapleuridae

Subtaxa: Neoaulocystis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Whitepark Bay, Antrim Coast (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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