†family Polysiphonidae Girty 1909 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Parent taxon: Hadromerida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015

Sister taxa: Acanthochaetetidae, Cassianothalamiidae, Celyphiidae, Ceotinellidae, Coetinellidae, Ditraenella, Spirastrellidae, Suberitidae

Subtaxa: Arbusculana Polysiphon Zardinia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Italy (4), Japan (3), Oman (1), Slovenia (2), Türkiye (1), United States (1: Oregon)

• Permian of Italy (2), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 20 collections including 26 occurrences

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