Spirastrellidae Ridley and Dendy, 1886

Łukowiak, Magdalena, Pisera, Andrzej & Stefanska, Tetiana, 2019, Uncovering the hidden diversity of Paleogene sponge fauna of the East European Platform through reassessment of the record of isolated spicules, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (4), pp. 871-895 : 884

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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00612.2019

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Spirastrellidae Ridley and Dendy, 1886
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Family Spirastrellidae Ridley and Dendy, 1886 View in CoL Spirastrellidae indet.

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Material.—Middle Eocene, south-central Ukraine.

Remarks. —The anthasters ( Fig. 6X View Fig ); that is, spherasters with complex ray tips, are similar to the spicules characterizing modern spirastrellid Diplastrella megastellata Hechtel, 1965 compare Rützler et al. 2014: fig. 19b).

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