†Malluviospongia Rigby and Goodbody 1986 (sponge)
Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Astraeospongiidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 3619
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and Q. H. Goodbody. 1986. Malluviospongia, a new Devonian heteractinid sponge from the Bird Fiord Formation of southwestern Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 23:344-349
Parent taxon: Astraeospongiidae according to J. K. Rigby and Q. H. Goodbody 1986
Sister taxa: Asteriospongia, Astraeospongium, Constellatospongia, Contignatiospongia, Ensiferites, Microastraeum, Stellarispongia
Subtaxa: Malluviospongia densa
Type: Malluviospongia densa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder