Type species: Tumaiella dieffenbachi Gordon & Taylor, 2015
Diagnosis: Colony encrusting, zooids low-profiled, opesia proportionately large, occupying most of frontal area, bordered by narrow cryptocyst; no gymnocyst. Ooecium wider than long, low-profiled, smooth with no endooecial exposure. Oral-spine bases few, marginal, not oral. No avicularia. Adventitious kenozooids occasional at proximal corners of zooids. Basal pore-chambers present. Ancestrula tatiform but lacking periopesial spine bases.. (Gordon & Taylor, 2015)
This genus includes the species:
Tumaiella dieffenbachi | Gordon & Taylor, 2015 | Paleogene Eocene Ypresian | New Zealand Chatham Islands | WoRMS 1409551 |
Tumaiella dieffenbachi Thanks to D.P. Gordon, NIWA |