Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa

Full reference: L. Herenger. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires du Jurassique et du Cretace de Catalogne. Travaux du Laboratoire de Geologie de la Faculte des Sciences de l'Universite de Grenoble 23:143-192

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, Plectascus, Polyblastidiidae, Rhizopoteronopsis, Rhizopterion, Sclerokalia, Sestrocladia, Sporadopylidae, Ventriculitidae, Triadocoelia

Subtaxa: Xylospongia tarraconensis

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Type: Xylospongia tarraconensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Valldarques (Cretaceous of Spain)

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