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Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) [6] are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about 0.5 millimetres (1 ⁄ 64 in) long, they have a special feeding structure called a lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles used for filter feeding.
Stenolaemata are a class of exclusively marine bryozoans. Stenolaemates originated and diversified in the Ordovician, and more than 600 species are still alive today. [1] All extant (living) species are in the order Cyclostomatida, the third-largest order of living bryozoans. [2] These animals are stationary suspension feeders that live on the ...
Bryozoans are animals in the phylum Bryozoa. The phylum is subdivided in 3 classes: Phylactolaemata, Stenolaemata and Gymnolaemata. Subcategories.
Cyclostomatida, or cyclostomata (also known as cyclostomes), are an ancient order of stenolaemate bryozoans which first appeared in the Lower Ordovician. [1] It consists of 7+ suborders, 59+ families, 373+ genera, and 666+ species. The cyclostome bryozoans were dominant in the Mesozoic; since that era, they have decreased. Currently ...
The lophophore (/ ˈ l ɒ f ə ˌ f ɔːr, ˈ l oʊ f ə-/) [1] is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by four major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Hyolitha, and Phoronida, which collectively constitute the protostome group Lophophorata. [2] All lophophores are found in aquatic organisms.
Prasopora, a trepostome bryozoan from the Ordovician of Iowa. This list of prehistoric bryozoans is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the bryozoa which are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacular terms.
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Phylactolaemata [1] is a class of the phylum Bryozoa whose members live only in freshwater environments. Like all bryozoans, they filter feed by means of an extensible "crown" of ciliated tentacles called a lophophore, and like nearly all bryozoans (the only known exception being Monobryozoon), they live in colonies, each of which consists of clones of the founding member.