Holcocystis Pedder 2004 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

Parent taxon: Cystiphyllidae according to Pedder 2004

Sister taxa: Asperophyllum, Atopocystis, Bucanophyllum, Ceriocysta, Coleophyllum, Cystiphyllinae, Cystiphylloides, Cystiphyllum, Digonoclisia, Diplochone, Edaphophyllum, Mackenziephyllum, Microplasma, Pseudodigonophyllum, Pseudomicroplasma, Zonophyllum

Subtaxa: Holcocystis flexa

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Type: Mesophyllum flexum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (3: Nevada collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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