†family Maeandrostiidae Finks 1971 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Maeandrostiidae

Parent taxon: Agelasida according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014

See also Finks et al. 2004 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015

Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Actinostromariidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, Cryptocoeliidae, Exotubispongiidae, Fissispongiidae, Fluegelispongites, Girtycoeliidae, Girtyocoeliidae, Globucatenulaiidae, Glomocystospongiidae, Guadalupiidae, Incertuspongia, Intrasporeocoeliidae, Kemeria, Milleporellidae, Noritubispongiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Polyedridae, Preperonidellidae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sebargasiidae, Sestrostomellidae, Sobralispongia, Solenolmiidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tabasiidae, Tataouinella, Tenuipariespongia, Thamnonema, Thaumastocoeliidae, Virgolidae

Subtaxa: Adrianella Eurysiphonella Maeandrostia Meandrostia Stylopegma Surmaqella

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Type: Maeandrostia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Iran (1 collection), Italy (2)

• Permian of China (1), Greece (1), Iran (2), Italy (1), Slovenia (1), Tunisia (1)

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Texas)

Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences

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