Polyplectella Ruedemann 1925 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dierespongiidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dierespongia, Polylophidium, Stephanella, Sycodictya

Subtaxa: none

Type: Polyplectella debriani

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Beecher's Trilobite Bed (Ordovician of New York)

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