Zelandimetra neozelandiae Eagle 2009 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Notocrinidae

Full reference: M. K. Eagle. 2009. New Comatulid Crinoids From the Meyers Pass Limestone Member (Waitakian (Chattian)) of the Pentland Hills and Hurstlea, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Museum 45:101-129

Belongs to Zelandimetra according to M. K. Eagle 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AU19053, E875. Its type locality is AU19053, Ardlogie Station lime-pit (J40/f053A), which is in a Waitakian carbonate limestone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Waitakian of New Zealand (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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