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Leptomitus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Monaxonida

Phylum
  
Porifera

Class
  
Demospongiae

Family
  
Leptomitidae

Rank
  
Genus

Leptomitus Leptomitus lacteus 1 Photo Gallery 4

Similar
  
Crumillospongia, Choia, Branchiocaris, Protospongia, Diagoniella

Leptomitus is a genus of demosponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 138 specimens of Leptomitus are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.26% of the community.


Leptomitus Palaeos Metazoa Porifera Demospongiae 4

Leptomitus burgessshaleromoncaimageszoomifyleptomitus

Leptomitus Leptomitus Cambrian Sponge

References

Leptomitus Wikipedia