Astroconia (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: Acanthactinella, Dermospheroidalis, Divaricospongia, Hyalostelia, Itararella, Protohyalostella, Rhakistella, Rigbykia, Stioderma, Thoracospongia, Uralonema

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astroconia in the database

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