Plocoscyphia vagans Hinde 1883 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae

Full reference: G. J. Hinde. 1883. Catalogue of the fossil sponges in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History). 1-248

Belongs to Plocoscyphia according to G. J. Hinde 1883

Sister taxa: Plocoscyphia centuncula, Plocoscyphia communis, Plocoscyphia convoluta, Plocoscyphia elegans, Plocoscyphia fenestrata, Plocoscyphia flexuosa, Plocoscyphia foliacea, Plocoscyphia gaultina, Plocoscyphia labyrinthica, Plocoscyphia maaki, Plocoscyphia pertusa, Plocoscyphia subruta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Maidstone, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Maidstone

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