Acanthodesia Canu and Bassler 1919 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae

Parent taxon: Membraniporidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Canu and Bassler 1935, Gordon 2012 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Biflustra, Jellyella, Membranipora, Nitscheina, Pseudostege, Tamanicella

Subtaxa: Acanthodesia bifossata Acanthodesia quadrilatera Acanthodesia regularis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Maryland)

• Miocene of Australia (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (4: New Jersey)

• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1), United States (2: Alabama)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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