Species

Pyrodendrina arctica Wisshak, 2017

Type specimen data

holotype: Senckenberg Institute in Frankfurt ; SMF XXX 864; Sørkappbanken, Svalbard Shelf; Pleistocene , probably Holocene

Reference:

Wisshak, M. 2017. Taming an ichnotaxonomical Pandora's box: revision of dendritic and rosetted microborings (ichnofamily: Dendrinidae). pp. 1-99. DOI:10.5852/ejt.2017.390

Taxon description

Wisshak, 2017

Diagnosis: Prostrate galleries with a high degree of anastomosis and a decrease in diameter toward the periphery. From the central node of trace, ramifying, sub-vertical tunnels with tapering terminations extend deeper into the substrate.

Synonymy list

2017 Pyrodendrina arctica isp. nov. — Wisshak , pp. 63, fig. 24

2022 Pyrodendrina arctica Wisshak, 2017 — Wisshak, Meyer, Kuklinski, Rüggeberg & Freiwald , fig. Table 2

Selection of related publications

Wisshak, M., Meyer, N., Kuklinski, P., Rüggeberg, A., Freiwald, A. 2022. ‘Ten Years After’—a long‐term settlement and bioerosion experiment in an Arctic rhodolith bed (Mosselbukta, Svalbard). Geobiology 20, 1, 112-136. DOI:10.1111/gbi.12469

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

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Dendrinidae
Genus	Pyrodendrina
Species	arctica
	belua
	cupra
	villosa

References based on distribution

Wisshak, 2017 Sørkappbanken, Svalbard Shelf Pleistocene
Wisshak et al., 2022a Recent