Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby, G. L. Bell, and K. Thompson. 2007. Hexactinellid and associated sponges from the upper Reef Trail Member of the Bell Canyon Formation, southern Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1241-1256

Parent taxon: Dictyospongiidae according to J. K. Rigby et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Calathospongiinae, Diagonodictya, Dictyospongiinae, Hydnoceratinae, Norfordia, Thysanodictyinae, Tiddalickia

Subtaxa: Microstaurella minima, Microstaurella parva

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Type: Microstaurella minima

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder