†Napaeana de Laubenfels 1955 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Invalid subtaxa: Eudictyon Schrammen 1902 [replaced name], Napaea Schrammen 1912 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Ventriculitinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Schrammen 1912 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astropegma, Coscinopora, Etalloniella, Flabellispongia, Leiostracosia, Lepidospongia, Licmosinion, Orthodiscus, Phymosinion, Pleuropyge, Rhizopoterion, Rhizopoterionopsis, Spirospongia, Sporadoscinia, Ubiquiradius, Ventriculites
Subtaxa: Napaeana micropora Napaeana striata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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