Choiaella
Extinct genus of sponges / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Choiaella is an extinct genus of sea sponge ranging from the Chengjiang lagerstatten until the Lower Silurian.[1]
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Choiaella | |
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†Choiaella radiata | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | †Protomonaxonida |
Family: | †Choiidae |
Genus: | †Choiaella Rigby & Hou, 1995[2] |
Type species | |
†Choiaella radiata Rigby & Hou, 1995 | |
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It is closely related to the genera Choia and Allantospongia, which the Chengjiang fauna species C. radiata coexisted sympatrically with.
The species C. scotica is known from the Caradoc-aged fine sandstone of Wallace's Cast, Southern Uplands of Scotland.[1]
The Silurian species has not been formally named.[1]