Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Alternative spelling: Halysites (Catenipora)
Parent taxon: Cateniporinae according to E. Klaamann 1966
See also Merriam 1972, Murray 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eocatenipora, Quepora
Subtaxa: Catenipora aequabilis Catenipora agglomeratiformis Catenipora arctica Catenipora capilliformis Catenipora chillagoensis Catenipora clausa Catenipora copulata Catenipora crassaeformis Catenipora delicatulus Catenipora elegans Catenipora escharoides Catenipora foerstei Catenipora gotlandica Catenipora gracilis Catenipora huronensis Catenipora irregularis Catenipora maxima Catenipora microporus Catenipora minimus Catenipora nicholsoni Catenipora obliqua Catenipora panga Catenipora pulchellus Catenipora quadrata Catenipora quebecensis Catenipora rassmusseni Catenipora robusta Catenipora rubraeformis Catenipora sapporiensis Catenipora septosa Catenipora sheehani Catenipora sindoensis Catenipora tapaensis Catenipora tractabilis Catenipora vespertina Catenipora workmanae Catenipora wrighti
Type: Catenipora escharoides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Jaani of Estonia (4 collections)
• Silurian of Canada (25: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (6), Estonia (24), Mongolia (2), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (20), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (9), Turkey (1), United States (20: Alaska, California, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (3: British Columbia, Québec), United States (1: Alaska)
• Ordovician of Australia (4), Canada (61: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (23), Estonia (35), Kazakhstan (2), Latvia (1), Mongolia (2), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (23), United States (24: Alaska, California, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 296 collections including 360 occurrences
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