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Ehrhardina

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Species
E. pikeae, E. voigti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Ehrhardina Martha and Taylor p. 313
2017Ehrhardina Taylor and Martha p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyOnychocellidaeJullien 1882
genusEhrhardina

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.

G. †Ehrhardina Martha and Taylor 2016
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Ehrhardina pikeae Martha and Taylor 2016
Ehrhardina voigti Martha and Taylor 2016
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Martha and P.D. Taylor 2016Colony encrusting, multiserial, multilaminar. Autozooids arranged in well-defined longitudinal rows. Opesia terminal, occupying up to half of the frontal surface, usually with symmetrical, proximolateral opesiular constrictions and with long, proximolateral opesiular indentations. Gymnocyst lacking or negligible in extent. Cryptocyst well-developed,
finely pustulose. Zooidal margins elevated. Spine bases lacking.
Ovicells hyperstomial, gymnocystal, ectooecium fully calcified,
indenting the cryptocyst of the distal autozooid, with a median suture. Avicularia present, common, interzooidal, bilaterally symmetrical, ostrum usually rounded. Kenozooids absent.