Keithospongos Kolesnikov et al. 2024 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Hazeliidae

Full reference: K. A. Kolesnikov, J. P. Botting, A. Y. Ivantsov and A. Y. Zhuravlev. 2024. New early Cambrian sponges of the Siberian platform and the origins of spiculate crown‐group demosponges. Papers in Palaeontology 10(4):1-18

Parent taxon: Hazeliidae according to K. A. Kolesnikov et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Crumillospongia, Falospongia, Hazelia, Lasiocladia, Xylochos

Subtaxa: Keithospongos loricatus

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Type: Keithospongos loricatus

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Keithospongos in the database

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