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Crumillospongia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Monaxonida

Phylum
  
Porifera

Class
  
Demospongiae

Family
  
Hazeliidae

Rank
  
Genus

Crumillospongia wwwfossilmuseumnetFossilSitespiocheCrumillos

Similar
  
Halichondrites, Diagoniella, Takakkawia, Choia, Branchiocaris

Crumillospongia is a genus of middle Cambrian sponge known from the Burgess Shale and other localities from the Lower and Middle Cambrian. Its name is a reflection of its similarity to a small leathery money purse, or Crumilla (L.). That is, it has a saclike shape, and its wall has holes of two sizes, with a well-developed internal canal system. 49 specimens of Crumillospongia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.1% of the community.

References

Crumillospongia Wikipedia