Genus
Dendrina Quenstedt, 1849
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Microboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate?
Buatois et al., 2017
Category of architectural design: 2.75. Dendritic and rosetted borings.
Wisshak, 2017
Emended diagnosis. Rosetted boring system, developed closely parallel to surface of calcareous skeletal substrates, with a circular to irregular outline, originating from a single point at the end of a tubular inlet tunnel. Individual galleries vary in width at constant height, ramify and may anastomose or fuse to form a flat central cavity. Fine galleries connect the rosette with the substrate surface, preferentially towards the rounded distal terminations.
Knaust, 2012a
Branched, rosetted.
Selection of related publications
Wisshak, M. 2017. Taming an ichnotaxonomical Pandora's box: revision of dendritic and rosetted microborings (ichnofamily: Dendrinidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 390, 1-99. DOI:10.5852/ejt.2017.390
Classification