Chinaspongia Belyaeva 2000 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae

Full reference: G. V. Belyaeva. 2000. New taxa of Sphictozoa from the Permian reefs of southeastern China. Paleontological Journal 34(2):155-160

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

Sister taxa: Amblysiphonella, Calabrisiphonella, Crymocoelia, Cystothalamiinae, Laccosiphonella, Lingyunocoelia, Minisiphonella, Oligocoelia, Paramblysiphonella, Polycystocoelia, Pseudoamblysiphonella, Pseudoguadalupia, Sebargasia, Sebargasiinae, Stylocoelia, Vesicotubularia

Subtaxa: Chinaspongia fani

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Type: Chinaspongia fani

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tonglu, China (Permian of China)

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