Rhombopora hexagona Wyse Jackson 1996 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae

Full reference: P. N. Wyse Jackson. 1996. Bryozoa from the Lower Carboniferous (Visean) of County Fermanagh, Ireland. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 52(2):119-171

Belongs to Rhombopora according to P. N. Wyse Jackson 1996

Sister taxa: Rhombopora annulus, Rhombopora bifurcata, Rhombopora communis, Rhombopora corticata, Rhombopora cylindrica, Rhombopora esthoniae, Rhombopora filiformis, Rhombopora granulata, Rhombopora gratiosa, Rhombopora hindei, Rhombopora johnsvalleyensis, Rhombopora kawabei, Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Rhombopora multigranulata, Rhombopora nitidula, Rhombopora optima, Rhombopora ornata, Rhombopora permiana, Rhombopora picchuensis, Rhombopora polyporata, Rhombopora subtilis, Rhombopora tenuis, Rhombopora yanbianensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Carrick Lough, Fermanagh, which is in an Asbian perireef or subreef limestone in the Glencar Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Carrick Lough, Fermanagh

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