Rankenella zhangxianensis Lee et al. 2016 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae

Full reference: J.-H. Lee, J. Woo, and D.-J. Lee. 2016. The earliest reef-building anthaspidellid sponge Rankenella zhangxianensis n. sp. from the Zhangxia Formation (Cambrian Series 3), Shandong Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 90(1):1-9

Belongs to Rankenella according to J.-H. Lee et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Rankenella hamdii, Rankenella mors

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rankenella zhangxianensis (Cambrian of China)

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