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Occultocystis

Stylophora - Mitrata

Taxonomy
Occultocystis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mitrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Occultocystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
genusOccultocystis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:06:05
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Devonian or 419.20000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Argentina (Jachal) O. koeneni (39230)