Heteropenia Pomel 1872 (calcareous sponge)

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Parent taxon: Stellispongiinae according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015

Sister taxa: Amorphofungia, Amorphospongia, Blastinoidea, Conocoelia, Diaplectia, Elasmoierea, Elasmostoma, Euzittelia, Lutia, Pachymura, Pachytilodia, Pareudea, Paronadella, Peronidella, Steinmanella, Steinmannella, Stellispongia, Trachypenia, Trachysinia, Trachysphecion

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heteropenia in the database

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