Thaumactena Ou et al. 2015 (comb jelly)

Scleroctenophora

Full reference: Q. Ou, S. Xiao, J. Han, G. Sun, F. Zhang, Z. Zhang, and D. Shu. 2015. A vanished history of skeletonization in Cambrian comb jellies. Science Advances 1(6)

Parent taxon: Scleroctenophora according to Q. Ou et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Batofasciculus, Galeactena, Gemmactena, Maotianoascus, Trigoides

Subtaxa: Thaumactena ensis

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Type: Thaumactena ensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sanjiezi (Cambrian of China)

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