Hallucigenia hongmeia Steiner et al. 2012 (velvet worm)

Hallucishaniids - Hallucigeniidae

Full reference: M. Steiner, S. X. Hu, J. Liu and H. Keupp. 2012. A new species of Hallucigenia from the Cambrian Stage 4 Wulongqing Formation of Yunnan (South China) and the structure of sclerites in lobopodians. Bulletin of Geosciences 71(1):107-124

Belongs to Hallucigenia according to M. Steiner et al. 2012

See also Caron and Aria 2017

Sister taxa: Hallucigenia fortis, Hallucigenia sparsa

Type specimen: GKG 223. Its type locality is Guangwei village, Shitangshan section, Wulongqing Fm, which is in a Nangaoian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Wulongqing Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Guangwei village, Shitangshan section, Wulongqing Fm

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