Ethmophyllum meeki Walcott 1890 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1890. Descriptive notes of new genera and species from the Lower Cambrian or Olenellus zone of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12:33-46

Belongs to Ethmophyllum according to C. D. Walcott 1890

Sister taxa: Ethmophyllum americanum, Ethmophyllum chankensis, Ethmophyllum cooperi, Ethmophyllum gracile, Ethmophyllum whitneyi

Type specimen: USBNN 18358

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ethmophyllum meeki in the database

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