Ulospongiella

Ulospongiella; Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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]

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

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

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

"Ulospongiella ancyla". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.

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[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.