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Falospongia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Demospongiae

Family
  
Hazeliidae

Phylum
  
Porifera

Order
  
Monaxonida

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Halichondrites, Pollingeria, Worthenella, Crumillospongia

Falospongia is a genus of sponge made up of radiating fronds, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It superficially resembles Haplistion but is monaxial. 5 specimens of Falospongia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise under 0.1% of the community.

References

Falospongia Wikipedia