Synonym: Dendrospongia Roemer 1864
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
Parent taxon: Lychniscosa according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aulophax, Callodictyidae, Callodictyonidae, Calyptrellidae, Camerospongiidae, Cavispongia, Coeloptychidae, Cypelliidae, Dactylocalycidae, Dracolychnus, Etheridgea, Leucopsacasiidae, Pachyrachis, Pachyteichismatidae, Polyblastidiidae, Rhizopoteronopsis, Rhizopterion, Sclerokalia, Sestrocladia, Sporadopylidae, Ventriculitidae, Xylospongia, Triadocoelia
Subtaxa: Plectascus clathratus Plectascus labrosus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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