Acanthactinella (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae

Parent taxon: Stiodermatidae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004

See also de Laubensfels 1955 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astroconia, Dermospheroidalis, Divaricospongia, Hyalostelia, Itararella, Protohyalostella, Rhakistella, Rigbykia, Stioderma, Thoracospongia, Uralonema

Subtaxa: Acanthactinella bennei

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Type: Holasterella bennei

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthactinella in the database

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