Myrmecioptychium
Extinct sea sponge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Myrmecioptychium is an extinct lychniscosidan hexasterophoran sea sponge, which is a subgenus of Coeloptychium.[1][2][3][4] Its remains have been found in Santonian-Maastrichtian-aged deposits in Broitzem, Germany and Poland. The type species, M. bodei, was named in 1912.[5]
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Myrmecioptychium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Hexactinellida |
Order: | Lychniscosida |
Family: | †Coeloptychidae |
Genus: | †Myrmecioptychium Schrammen, 1912 |
Species: | †M. bodei |
Binomial name | |
†Myrmecioptychium bodei Schrammen, 1912 | |
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