Cephalodiscus calciformis

Cephalodiscus calciformis is a sessile hemichordate belonging to the order Cephalodiscida.[2] It is the only pterobranch species with funnel-shaped tubaria.[3]

Cephalodiscus calciformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Hemichordata
Class:
Pterobranchia
Order:
Cephalodiscida
Family:
Cephalodiscidae
Genus:
Cephalodiscus
Species:
C. calciformis
Binomial name
Cephalodiscus calciformis
Emig, 1977[1]

References
  1. Emig, C.C. (1977). On a new species of Cephalodiscus, C. (C.) caliciformis sp. nov. (Hemichordata, Pterobranchia), collected off Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 3E, Zool 493.
  2. Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2020). "Cephalodiscus calciformis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. Maletz, Jörg (2017). Graptolite Paleobiology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118515617.


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