Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
Parent taxon: Cribrospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Andreaea, Cribrospongia, Erineum, Eubrochus, Feifelia, Gevreya, Guettardiscyphia, Haynespongia, Keuppiella, Nelumbifolium, Petalope, Polyopesia, Stereochlamis, Tesselospongia
Subtaxa: Stichmaptyx alatus Stichmaptyx macroporus
Type: Stichmaptyx alatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Spain (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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