Triadocoelia (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa

Parent taxon: Lychniskida according to M.W. de Laubensfels 1955

See also Finks et al. 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aulophax, Callodictyidae, Callodictyonidae, Calyptrellidae, Camerospongiidae, Cavispongia, Coeloptychidae, Cypelliidae, Dactylocalycidae, Dracolychnus, Etheridgea, Leucopsacasiidae, Pachyrachis, Pachyteichismatidae, Plectascus, Polyblastidiidae, Rhizopoteronopsis, Rhizopterion, Sclerokalia, Sestrocladia, Sporadopylidae, Ventriculitidae, Xylospongia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Triadocoelia in the database

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