Stephenospongia Rigby 1986 (glass sponge)

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

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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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