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†family Exotubispongiidae Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 (demosponge)

Demospongea - Agelasida

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1996. Upper Permian inozoid, demospongid, and hexactinellid sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 7:1-130

Parent taxon: Agelasida according to J. K. Rigby and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1996

Sister taxa: Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, Cryptocoeliidae, Fissispongiidae, Girtyocoeliidae, Glomocystospongiidae, Guadalupiidae, Intrasporeocoeliidae, Madonia, Maeandrostiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Preperonidellidae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sestrostomellidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tataouinella, Thaumastocoeliidae, Virgolidae

Subtaxa: Exotubispongia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder