Stenopora frondescens Crockford 1943 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae

Full reference: J. M. Crockford. 1943. Permian Bryozoa of eastern Australia, part III: Batostomellidae and Fenestrellinidae from Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 76:258-267

Belongs to Stenopora according to J. M. Crockford 1943

Sister taxa: Stenopora aequalis, Stenopora angulata, Stenopora armata, Stenopora armatiformis, Stenopora berriedalensis, Stenopora borsiensis, Stenopora buragoi, Stenopora clara, Stenopora crinita, Stenopora daheshenensis, Stenopora derilangmaensis, Stenopora dickinsi, Stenopora etheridgei, Stenopora fisheri, Stenopora gracilis, Stenopora grandis, Stenopora granulosa, Stenopora guangdongensis, Stenopora hemispherica, Stenopora hirsuta, Stenopora inclinis, Stenopora inflata, Stenopora jalaidensis, Stenopora jungersenensis, Stenopora kashmirensis, Stenopora lyndoni, Stenopora mackrothi, Stenopora nicholsoni, Stenopora nigris, Stenopora normalis, Stenopora obesa, Stenopora ovata, Stenopora parallela, Stenopora parvaexozona, Stenopora permiana, Stenopora punctata, Stenopora qaganqulutensis, Stenopora quasitimanensis, Stenopora richardsoni, Stenopora rugosa, Stenopora seriatensis, Stenopora simplex, Stenopora spicata, Stenopora spiculata, Stenopora spinigera, Stenopora tasmaniensis, Stenopora thula, Stenopora thuliformis, Stenopora timanensis, Stenopora toriyamai, Stenopora tuberosasparsigemmata, Stenopora veriparallela, Stenopora yunzhugensis

Type specimen: Sydney Univ 3401. Its type locality is Black Head, Gerringong (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Black Head, Gerringong (USNM coll)

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