Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Full reference: D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor. 2015. Bryozoa of the Early Eocene Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-88
Belongs to Arachnopusia according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
Sister taxa: Arachnopusia acanthoceros, Arachnopusia bugei, Arachnopusia gracilis, Arachnopusia kankawatiensis, Arachnopusia linearis, Arachnopusia liversidgei, Arachnopusia terminata, Arachnopusia unicornis
Type specimen: IGNS BZ291. Its type locality is Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island, which is in an Eocene transition zone/lower shoreface tuff in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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