Dekayia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae

Synonym: Petigopora

Parent taxon: Heterotrypidae according to A. Jiménez-Sánchez et al. 2015

See also Bassler 1953, Ernst and Nakrem 2012, Karklins 1984 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asperopora, Atactopora, Dekayella, Eichwaldopora, Eridocampylus, Heterotrypa, Leioclema, Leptotrypa, Reptonoditrypa, Stigmatella

Subtaxa: Dekayia aspera Dekayia sugarensis

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Type: Dekayia aspera

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Dobrotivian of France (1 collection)

• Chazyan of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)

• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (1), France (2), India (3), Italy (1), Libya (1), Morocco (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (37: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 57 collections including 66 occurrences

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