Halysites catenularia Linnaeus 1767 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae

Belongs to Halysites according to E. Klaamann 1966

Sister taxa: Catenipora communicans, Halysites agglomerata, Halysites amplitubata, Halysites approximata, Halysites attenuata, Halysites australis, Halysites brownsportensis, Halysites catenularius, Halysites cavernosa, Halysites compactus, Halysites cratus, Halysites dichotoma, Halysites dissimilis, Halysites distans, Halysites encrustans, Halysites gamboolicus, Halysites grandis, Halysites harti, Halysites hupehensis, Halysites infundibuliformis, Halysites jacovickii, Halysites junior, Halysites keyserlingi, Halysites kuliki, Halysites labyrinthica, Halysites lata, Halysites lithostrotionoides, Halysites macrostoma, Halysites magnitubus, Halysites meandrina, Halysites nexus, Halysites nitida, Halysites orthopteroides, Halysites parallelus, Halysites peristephesicus, Halysites priscus, Halysites pseudoorthopteroides, Halysites pycnoblastoides, Halysites radiatus, Halysites regularis, Halysites reticulata, Halysites senior, Halysites sextocatenatus, Halysites simplex, Halysites stenostoma, Halysites sussmilchi, Halysites taimyrica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana collection)

• Silurian of Canada (21: Manitoba, Quebec), China (1), the Czech Republic (4), India (3), United States (3: California, Indiana, New York)

• Ordovician of Canada (4: Nunavut, Quebec)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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