†Girtyocoeliana Rigby et al. 2005 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, S. M. Karl, R. B. Blodgett and J. F. Baichtal. 2005. Ordovician "sphinctozoan" sponges from Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 79(5):862-870
Parent taxon: Enoplocoeliinae according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015
See also Rigby et al. 2008 and Rigby et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Enoplocoelia, Girtyocoelia, Musandamia, Naybandella, Phraethalamia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Girtyocoeliana in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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