Ulospongiella

Ulospongiella is a genus of sponge known only from the Burgess Shale deposit. It contains only one species, Ulospongiella ancyla.

Ulospongiella
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: †Protomonaxonida
Genus: †Ulospongiella
Rigby & Collins, 2004
Species:
†U. ancyla
Binomial name
†Ulospongiella ancyla
Rigby & Collins, 2004[1]

The generic name is derived from the Greek words oulus ("wooly" or "curly") and spongia ("sponge"), referring to the curled or curved spicules forming the skeleton. The specific name, ancyla, is from the Greek ankylos ("bent" or "hooked"), also referring to the curved spicules.

References
  1. Rigby, J. K.; Collins, D. (2004). "Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia". ROM contributions in science. 1. ISBN 0-88854-443-X. ISSN 1710-7768.


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