Madrespongia Quenstedt 1877 (calcareous sponge)

Calcarea

Parent taxon: Calcispongea according to W. Wagner 1964

Sister taxa: Aporata, Aspiculata, Aulocyclus, Aulospongia, Bellidispongia, Calcaronea, Calcinea, Clifdenella, Cystothalamiidae, Faniathalamia, Fistulisponga, Follicalena, Gravestockia, Nibionia, Paruvanella, Porata, Pseudodictyocoelia, Rahbahthalmia, Zigzagella, Elasmostomatidae, Gaspespongia, Faretronida

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Madrespongia in the database

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