Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Alternative combinations: Halysites catenulatus, Tubipora catenularia
Belongs to Halysites according to D. Hill 1981
See also Berkowski and Zapalski 2018, Billings 1866, Buehler 1955, Klaamann 1966, Linnaeus 1767, Milne-Edwards and Haime 1854 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Catenipora communicans, Halysites agglomerata, Halysites amplitubata, Halysites approximata, Halysites attenuata, Halysites australis, Halysites brownsportensis, Halysites catenularia, 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
Subtaxa: Halysites catenularius borealis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (13), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Ohio)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Nunavut)
Total: 25 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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