Astrocladia Zittel 1878 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Astrocladiidae

Synonym: Asterospongia Roemer 1864

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Microdendron

Subtaxa: Asterospongia laevis Astrocladia subramosa

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Type: Asterospongia laevis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (7), Poland (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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