cheilostome
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moss animal — bryozoan. [1880 85] * * * ▪ invertebrate Introduction also called bryozoan, any member of the phylum Bryozoa (also called Polyzoa or Ectoprocta), in which there are about 5,000 extant species. Another 15,000 species are known only from… … Universalium
Cheilostomata — Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent … Wikipedia
Cyclostomatida — Temporal range: Lower Ordovician–Recent … Wikipedia
Oncholaimida — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda Class: Adenophorea … Wikipedia
Jellyella — Taxobox name = Membraniporidae image width = 200px image caption = Jellyella eburnea on a Spirula shell regnum = Animalia phylum = Bryozoa classis = Gymnolaemata ordo = Cheilostomida subordo = Malacostega familia = Membraniporidae genus =… … Wikipedia
Malacostegina — Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent … Wikipedia
Avicularium — The avicularium (pl. avicularia) in cheilostome bryozoans is a modified, non feeding zooid. The operculum, which normally closes the orifice when the zooids tentacles are retracted, has been modified to become a mandible. Strong muscles operate… … Wikipedia
Inversiulidae — Taxobox name = Inversiulidae fossil range = Oligocene Recent regnum = Animalia phylum = Bryozoa classis = Gymnolaemata ordo = Cheilostomata subordo = Ascophora familia = Inversiulidae familia authority = Vigneaux, 1949 subdivision ranks = Genera… … Wikipedia
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Ectoprocta — Ectoproctes … Wikipédia en Français