Phragmochaeta Conway Morris and Peel 2008 (worm)

Polychaeta - Phragmochaetidae

Full reference: S. Conway Morris and J. S. Peel. 2008. The earliest annelids: Lower Cambrian polychaetes from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, Peary Land, North Greenland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53:137-148

Parent taxon: Phragmochaetidae according to S. Conway Morris and J. S. Peel 2008

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Phragmochaeta canicularis

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Type: Phragmochaeta canicularis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at 340103. Sirius Passet (Cambrian of Greenland)

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