Mercedescaudina triperforata Schallreuter 1968 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Cucumariidae

Alternative combinations: Eocaudina triperforata, Protocaudina triperforata

Full reference: R. Schallreuter. 1968. Die ältesten sicheren Holothuroideenreste (Ordoviz). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1968:522-529

Belongs to Mercedescaudina according to A. Boczarowski 2001

See also Mostler 1972, Schallreuter 1968, Schallreuter 1975 and Soodan and Whatley 1988

Sister taxa: Mercedescaudina langeri, Mercedescaudina mostleri

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mercedescaudina triperforata in the database

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