Aporosocyathus Kruse 1978 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Kijacyathidae

Parent taxon: Kijacyathidae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

See also Kerner et al. 2011 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Fansycyathus, Flexanulus, Kijacyathus, Protocyathus, Qinlingocyathus, Yudjaicyathus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Glacial erratics on King George Is., reef facies (probably from Argentina Range) (Cambrian of Antarctica)

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