Ulospongiella is a genus of sponge known only from the Burgess Shale deposit. It contains only one species, Ulospongiella ancyla.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | †Protomonaxonida |
| Genus: | †Ulospongiella Rigby & Collins, 2004 |
| Species: | †U. ancyla
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| †Ulospongiella ancyla Rigby & Collins, 2004[1]
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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
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- "Ulospongiella ancyla". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.
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