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Protospongia
Sponge thing
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Porifera
Class Hexactinellida
Order Reticulosa
Genus Protospongia
Species Protospongia hicksi
Conservation Status
EXSpecies
Extinct

Protospongia is a genus of sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. There are 102 specimens of Protospongia known from the Great Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.19% of the community.

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