†Stephenospongia Rigby 1986 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Hintzespongiidae
Alternative spelling: Stephanospongia
Parent taxon: Hintzespongiidae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Rigby and Collins 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyathophycus, Cyathophyscus, Hintzespongia, Lantianospongia, Ratcliffespongia
Subtaxa: Stephenospongia magnipora
Type: Stephenospongia magnipora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 14s. Trilobite Bed, Mount Stephen (Cambrian of British Columbia)
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