Coeloptychium Goldfuss 1826 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Troegerella

Subtaxa: Coeloptychium (Coeloptychium) Coeloptychium (Lophoptychium) Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium) Coeloptychium deciminum Coeloptychium incisum Coeloptychium princeps Coeloptychium rude Coeloptychium seebachi Coeloptychium subagaricoides Coeloptychium sulciferum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (10), Greece (1), Poland (10), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 29 collections including 49 occurrences

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