Delijania Senowbari-Daryan 2005 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2005. Hypercalcified sphinctozoan sponges from Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of the Nayband Formation (Central and Northeast Iran). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 145(2):171-277

Parent taxon: Intrasporeocoeliidae according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015

See also Senowbari-Daryan 2005

Sister taxa: Belyaevaspongia, Intrasporeocoelia, Intrasporocoelia, Rahbahthalamia, Rhabadactinia, Rhabdactinia

Subtaxa: Delijania retrosiphonata

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Type: Delijania retrosiphonata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Delijan reefs, Delijan area, Central Iran (Triassic of Iran)

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