†Wareembaia Rigby and Webby 1988 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Wareembaiidae
Alternative spelling: Wareembra
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby. 1988. Late Ordovician sponges from the Malongulli Formation of central New South Wales, Australia. Palaeontographica Americana 56:1-147
Parent taxon: Wareembaiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby and Webby 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Kalimnospongia
Subtaxa: Wareembaia concentrica
Type: Wareembaia concentrica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Coppermine Creek, Cliefden Caves (Ordovician of Australia)
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