†family Loculicyathidae Zhuravleva 1954 (archaeocyath sponge)
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Parent taxon: Loculicyathoidea according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015
See also Zhuravlev and Gravestock 1994
Sister taxon: Eremitacyathidae
Subtaxa: Ardrossacyathus Cambrocyathellus Loculicyathus Mikhnocyathus Neoloculicyathus Okulitchicyathus Paranacyathus
Type: Loculicyathus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (6), Canada (2: British Columbia, Yukon), China (3), Italy (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (4), Mongolia (8), Morocco (19), the Russian Federation (130), Spain (3), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 179 collections including 399 occurrences