Girtyocoeliana Rigby et al. 2005 (demosponge)

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

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