Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae
Full reference: R.E.H. Reid. 2004. Mesozoic and Cenozoic hexactinellid sponges: Lychniscosa and order Uncertain. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):513-556
Parent taxon: Coeloptychium according to R.E.H. Reid 2004
Sister taxa: Coeloptychium (Lophoptychium), Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium), Coeloptychium deciminum, Coeloptychium incisum, Coeloptychium princeps, Coeloptychium rude, Coeloptychium seebachi, Coeloptychium subagaricoides, Coeloptychium sulciferum
Subtaxa: Coeloptychium (Coeloptychium) agaricoides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (5 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence