Tethyopsis Zittel 1878 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetractinellida

Parent taxon: Tetractinellida according to G. J. Hinde 1883

Sister taxa: Archaeoscyphidae, Astrophorida

Subtaxa: Tethyopsis cretaceus Tethyopsis steinmanni

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Type: Tethyopsis steinmanni

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Flamborough (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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