Discoptycha Defretin-Lefranc 1960 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae

Full reference: S. Defretin-Lefranc. 1960. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Crétacé supérieur du nord de la France. Theses presentees a la Faculte des Sciences de Lille 1-178

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

Sister taxa: Becksia, Manzonispongia, Oncolpia, Plocoscyphia, Sarophora

Subtaxa: Discoptycha simplex

View classification

Type: Discoptycha simplex

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.