†Arachnopusia bugei Brown 1952 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405
Belongs to Arachnopusia according to D. A. Brown 1952
Sister taxa: Arachnopusia acanthoceros, Arachnopusia dimorpha, Arachnopusia gracilis, Arachnopusia kankawatiensis, Arachnopusia linearis, Arachnopusia liversidgei, Arachnopusia terminata, Arachnopusia unicornis
Type specimen: D. 36793. Its type locality is North Canterbury, which is in an Altonian marine limestone in the Mt Brown "E" Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at North Canterbury
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