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9 October 2020 Microconchus cravenensis n. sp.: a giant among microconchid tubeworms
Michał Zatoń, David J.C. Mundy
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Abstract

A new species of microconchid tubeworm, Microconchus cravenensis is described from the Mississippian Cracoean reefs of North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Despite the fact that some other microconchid species could have attained large tube length, the new species possesses the largest recorded diameter (to 7.7 mm) of the planispirally-coiled (attachment) tube and the largest recorded aperture diameter (8.3 mm) in the helically uncoiled portion. Thus, with respect to these features, Microconchus cravenensis n. sp. is the largest and most robust microconchid species recognized so far. At present, it is only known from the Craven Reef Belt of North Yorkshire, where it attached to corals and possibly bivalve shells, and was preyed upon by small durophagous animals, as indicated by repaired injuries preserved on one of the tubes.

Copyright © 2020, The Paleontological Society. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Michał Zatoń and David J.C. Mundy "Microconchus cravenensis n. sp.: a giant among microconchid tubeworms," Journal of Paleontology 94(6), 1051-1058, (9 October 2020). https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.45
Accepted: 7 June 2020; Published: 9 October 2020
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