Diagoniella

Extinct genus of sponges From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diagoniella is a genus of sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.[1][2] 128 specimens of Diagoniella are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.24% of the community.[3]

Phylum:Porifera
Order:Reticulosa
Genus:Diagoniella
Walcott, 1920
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Diagoniella
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Diagoniella hindei fossils
Diagoniella hindei fossils
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Reticulosa
Genus: Diagoniella
Walcott, 1920
Species
  • Diagoniella cyathiformis
  • Diagoniella hindei
  • Diagoniella magna
  • Diagoniella mica
  • Diagoniella robisoni
  • Diagoniella tubulara
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Several specimens previously assigned to Diagoniella by Rigby (1983)[4] may have instead belonged to Polygoniella as per Del Mouro et al. (2024).[5]

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