Platysphaerocoelia aksuensis Boiko et al. 1991 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Vaceletida

Full reference: E. V. Boiko, G. V. Belyaeva, and I. T. Zhuravleva. 1991. Sphinktozoa Phanerozoya Territorii SSSR [Phanerozoic Sphinctozoa of the Territory of the USSR] 1-224

Belongs to Platysphaerocoelia according to E. V. Boiko et al. 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dzhilgakochusu reef, which is in a Sevatian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Tajikistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dzhilgakochusu reef

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