Alternative combination: Actinotheca holocyclata
Full reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364
Belongs to Cupitheca according to J. M. Malinky and C.B. Skovsted 2004
See also Bengtson et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Actinotheca aphroditae, Actinotheca clathrata, Cupitheca hemicyclata, Cupittheca mira, Arcitheca gracilis, Arcitheca coarctata, Arcitheca semigyra
Type specimen: SAMP 30845 (tube). Its type locality is 6429RS106, L1761, L1856 - Horse Gully, which is in a Botomian carbonate packstone in the Parara Limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (6), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Greenland (4)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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