Guettardiscyphia Fromentel 1860 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae

Synonym: Guettardia Michelin 1847 [replaced name]

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Andreaea, Cribrospongia, Erineum, Eubrochus, Feifelia, Gevreya, Haynespongia, Keuppiella, Nelumbifolium, Petalope, Polyopesia, Stereochlamis, Stichmaptyx, Tesselospongia

Subtaxa: Guettardiscyphia (Hillendia) Guettardiscyphia (Koleostoma) Guettardiscyphia alata Guettardiscyphia bisalata Guettardiscyphia diptera Guettardiscyphia roemeri Guettardiscyphia stellata Guettardiscyphia striata Guettardiscyphia thiolati

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), Spain (4)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Germany (6), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 23 collections including 31 occurrences

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