Archignatha:

Protocrena obtusilateri

 

Classification

Kingdom: Microsynthera
Phylum: Plasticae
Class: Occlupania
Order: Archignatha
Family:
Genus: Protocrena
Species: obtusilateri

Distinguishing Characteristics:


Dentitial Processes: none
External Processes: some bear small spines.


Size: x:22.5mm y: 22mm z: .75mm
Colors: blue, yellow, red, purple.
Markings: various, $1.49, etc., 39c SAT, 1.09aug16 to name a few.
Other:

Host Organisms:
Life and Habits: One of the most common of the archignatha, P. obtusilateri is thought to be related to ancestral occlupanids.
Specimens: Over 40. many of these are from the Bruner Foundation.